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He was a lawyer and he knew that it would be best to trust his journalist friend, but not to tell his own lawyer — Haidji

An Opportunity of doing Mischief, says -Zoroaster-, offers itself a hundred Times a Day; but that of doing a Friend a good Office but once a Year. — Voltaire

There is no man so friendless but that he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune. — Charlie Chaplin

But I was a lonely creature, and although I would have been very happy to have a friend I just never happened to meet one. — Robertson Davies

We both know that, my friend, but a man's perception soon becomes his reality. — Tim LaHaye

Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend. — Paulo Coelho

My friend named his car. And I don't want to be judgemental, but ... what a dork. — Demetri Martin

I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy. — Herman Melville

I'm never going to be happy, but I could get close now, I think. I could be almost normal. I could have a friend. — Alyssa Brugman

I don't know who it is," she said; "but somebody cares for me a little. I have a friend. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

My library isn't very extensive but every book in it is a friend. — L.M. Montgomery

Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies; Nay, who but infants question in such wise, twas one of my most intimate enemies. — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

A good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask
but a great friend does it without being asked at all. — Ian Caldwell

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue - Russian Proverb — Rachel Van Dyken

The roller coaster came to a stop and a good friend got off, but what a ride we'd taken together. It had been one hell of a trip. — Ed Catmull

ALBUS: But I don't need a Ron and Hermione. I've - I've got a friend, Scorpius, and I know you don't like him but he's all I need. HARRY: — J.K. Rowling

Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend. — P.L. Travers

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success. — Oscar Wilde

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. — Seneca The Younger

I'm paraphrasing, but yeah, a friend out of the Chicago organization did." "Chicago? You tried planting your seed in the DeMarco family? — J.M. Darhower

One discovers a friend by chance, and cannot but feel regret that 20 or 30 years of life may have been spent without the least knowledge of him. — Charles Dudley Warner

Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave. — Leif Enger

He cares for me. He loves me. As a friend, sure. But love is love. Will — Leta Blake

To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal — Henry A. Kissinger

But it's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't. — A.A. Milne

All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life. — Lois Wyse

If there be gods we cannot help them, but we can assist our fellow men. We cannot love the inconceivable, but we can love wife and child and friend. — Robert Green Ingersoll

anyone will ride in a limo but a true friend will ride the bus when the limo breaks down — Oprah Winfrey

America is harmless as an enemy but treacherous as a friend. — Bernard Lewis

A friend is not the one that will kill for you, but the one that will die for you — PES

Don't borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying for it you shall hear of it no more. — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

The slap of a friend is trusted to help you ... but the kisses of an enemy is nothing but lies — Anonymous

It is as easy to find a lover as to keep a friend, but as hard to find a friend as to keep a lover. — Emma Frances Dawson

One best book is equal to hundred good friends but one good friend is equal to a library. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. — Aesop

We need but three things to change the world: a brain, a heart, and a friend. — Anthony Marais

24There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother. — Anonymous

Don't take this the wrong way but I care more and I'm a better online friend than you. I also spend way to much time online. — Jim Gaffigan

I hate to read books but a friend said he read the dictionary and that the Zebra did it. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

I could say diamonds are a girl's best friend, and that never changes. But the taste for art did change. — Susan Vreeland

For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week. — James Herbert

When you have a bad game the social network isn't exactly your best friend. People tend to go after you a little bit, but I don't let it bother me. — Eddie Lacy

Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you. — Hesiod

A friend of mine once said he like his women like his parmesan: strong smelling and shaved. I don't agree with that, but I don't like hairy women. — Alan Partridge

I have looked to the Steinway piano since I was three, not only as my ideal choice of an instrument. But, as a responsive and ever reliable friend. — Ahmad Jamal

Shakira is a new friend, but I love her dearly already. She's so sweet and adorable and hilarious. — Adam Levine

Now, she could't help but think he was just a big version of a jealous boy friend. — Nicholas Sparks

I always used to sing in the shower, but I never really got into the music until a friend of mine helped me a lot with recording. — Prince Royce

It's one thing when you lose a friend or when your friends become enemies, but it's the worst when friends become strangers, — Hayley Williams

Valkyrie, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your friend is most likely dead."
"Of course he's dead. He's a skeleton. — Derek Landy

Your husband needs you to love him, but he also needs you to like him as a friend. — Emerson Eggerichs

You're a beautiful and wonderful and sensual and strong golden fawn, she says, followed by That was supposed to say "my best friend," but my phone... — Emily Henry

All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand. But you turned into a lover, and mother what a lover, you wore me out. — Rod Stewart

I once heard her tell a friend that she was, in fact, a 120-pound woman, but she kept herself wrapped in fat in order to prevent bruising. — Haven Kimmel

But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend. — Homer

My friend, when a man has anything to tell in this world, the difficulty is not to make him tell it, but to prevent him from telling it too often. — George Bernard Shaw

We confide our secret to a friend, but in love it escapes us. — Jean De La Bruyere

When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp ... — James Russell Lowell

Ludlow put a hand on his arm. A friend of mine used to say, 'You cannot change the past, but every moment is an opportunity to change your future. — F.E. Higgins

To kill your enemy is not a victory; but to make your enemy your friend that is a victory! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

He was a fine man, my dear, but what is better, he was a brave and an honest one, and I was proud to be his friend. — Louisa May Alcott

She grimaces. 'Yeah, maybe you were a bad friend but I'm a good friend so I understand and I'll take you back. Let's just begin again. — Autumn Doughton

A woman will endure many wounds in her lifetime, but the betrayal of a friend is one of the most difficult to overcome. — Tina Samples

I can be a woman on a mission. But I'll choose what mission that is. And that my friend is where youll see the results. — Kia Carrington-Russell

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort. — Jostein Gaarder

I wrote my friend a letter using a highlighting pen. But he could not read it, he thought I was trying to show him certain parts of a piece of paper. — Mitch Hedberg

A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me. — Dave Matthews

A friend is someone who allows you distance but is never far away. — Noah

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong. — Walter Scott

It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies. — Henry Fielding

She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend. — William Penn

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own. — George Canning

To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none. — William Shakespeare

Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago,
If thou but think'st him wronged, and mak'st his ear
A stranger to thy thoughts. — William Shakespeare

Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend. — Jose Contreras

Ye know what me Sean used to say, God rest his soul? He said, 'A friend will help ye move, Katie, but a really good friend will help ye move a body. — Kevin Hearne

My friend, it was but a song of love out of a poet's heart, sung by every man to every woman. — Kahlil Gibran

Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon. — Ann Patchett

The friend is a human Eden
But Eden is so easily lost
When you choose, choose wisely
Before you share, count the cost — Genieve Dawkins

had always been like that - incapable of withholding the truth but incapable of cruelty. A rare kind of person. The best kind of friend. — Renee Ahdieh

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud. — Joseph Addison

A friend is not the shadow that mimics you, but the one who casts all shadows away. — Shannon L. Alder

He's just a friend, we'd argue. But if he was just a friend, why was he hidden, why were we so upset to have him discovered? — David Levithan

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection. — Dalai Lama

The wounds inflicted by a friend are faithful, but an enemy's kisses are plentiful. — Stacey Culpepper

You call the police when a robbery takes place. You call the fire department when there is a fire. but, you call a friend when you're down. — Sydney Wilhelmy

Invite Douglas Venture," he said. "He's kind of a friend, but he can't hold his liquor. You can count on him making a disturbance at the after-party. — Brandon Sanderson

If the beloved is everywhere,
the lover is a veil,
but when living itself becomes
the Friend, lovers disappear. — Rumi

Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe. — Nicholas Breton

My Scottie refused to go for a walk with a friend of the house, but she would joyously accompany any stranger who drove a car. — Mazo De La Roche

Yes, Brooke, sometimes friends can get you into trouble. But a good friend will always come and to your rescue. — Gretchen Preston

Our friend Chewy doesn't speak much, but he chews a lot of tobacco so we call him Chewbacco. — Michael Diack

My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so ... yeah.' — Mitch Hedberg

A good friend is worth pursuing ... but why would a good friend be running away? — Ashleigh Brilliant

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend. — Walter Raleigh

But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks don't lose their shape. Diamonds are a girl's best friend. — Marilyn Monroe

I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four. — Alan Davies

Learn the truth, my friend, but be careful not to make a fetish out of your truths. — Elif Shafak

Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend. — Aristotle.