“Above our life we love a steadfast friend.”

Second Sestiad
Hero and Leander (published 1598)

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English dramatist, poet and translator 1564–1593

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“The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them;
It is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.”

Plus on aime quelqu'un, moins il faut qu'on le flatte:
À rien pardonner le pur amour éclate.
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