Quote#Friendship
92. A Father is a Treasure, a Brother a Comfort ; but a Friend is both
Quote byThomas Fuller · 1654–1734
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Gnomologia (1732), Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1747) : A Father's a Treasure; a Brother's a Comfort; a Friend is both..
English (original)
92. A Father is a Treasure, a Brother a Comfort ; but a Friend is both.
— Thomas Fuller
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