Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Sand and Foam (1926); Complete aphorism in the public-domain English original. Adjacent aphorisms read to check boundaries and context.
- Sand and Foam (1926)
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