“I need an easy friend
I do, with an ear to lend.”
About a Girl.
Song lyrics, Bleach (1989)
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“Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the Dead.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings

“And for the few that only lend their ear,
That few is all the world.”
Musophilus (1599), Stanza 97, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

the last two lines are a quote of 1 Corinthians 15:55 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Corinthians#15:55.
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
“I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 2

“You gotta take the easy way out, this is life! Remember, a friend in need is a pest.”
Source: World Wrestling Federation (1984-1993), King of the Ring (1993)

At an election meeting in Pietermaritzburg on 30 April 1987, as cited by Andrew Donaldson, Sunday Times, 5 November 2006