“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.”
John Churton Collins (1848–1908) British literary critic
“Let us greedily enjoy our friends, because we do not know how long this privilege will be ours.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXIII
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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BCRelated quotes
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
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Napoleon the Little (1852)
“Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1950s, Loving Your Enemies (Christmas 1957)
William Mountford (1816–1885) English Unitarian preacher and author
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 306.
“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) Soviet military commander
Quoted in "Pacific Affairs" - Page 51 - by University of British Columbia, Institute of Pacific Relations
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
Speech on the steps of the State Capitol Building, Montgomery, Alabama (25 March 1965), as transcribed from a tape recording; reported in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989), which states that this speech was not reported in its entirety.
1960s
Daniel Defoe La vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoe
Source: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 10, Tames Goats.
Percy Addleshaw (1866–1916) English journalist
Travellers (1895).