“6103. A Friend in Need
Is a Friend in Deed.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Prove your friend ere you have need, but in deed
A friend is never known till a man have need.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546)
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A friend is never known till a man have need." by John Heywood?
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William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
On Friendship.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“He’s a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.”
Nihil agit, qui diffidentem verbis solatus suis. Is est amicus, qui in re dubia te juvat, ubi re est opus.
Epidicus, Act I, sc. 2, line 9.
Epidicus
Context: The man that comforts a desponding friend with words alone, does nothing. He’s a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.
“Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow.”
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
The Motto Book (1907).
Variant: Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow.
“We needed to have the press be our friend.”
Sharron Angle (1949) Former member of the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2007
interview with Carl Cameron on Fox News Channel, 2010-08-02
Context: Sharron Angle: We needed to have the press be our friend.
Carl Cameron: Wait a minute. Hold on a second. To be your friend…?
Sharron Angle: Well, truly—
Carl Cameron: That sounds naive.
Sharron Angle: Well, no. We wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer so that they report the news the way we want it to be reported.