Quote#Friendship
A man that is fit to make a friend of must have conduct to manage the…
Quote byJeremy Collier · 1650–1726
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Treasury of Thought (1881), p. 192, Friendship.
English (original)
A man that is fit to make a friend of must have conduct to manage the engagement, and resolution to maintain it. He must use freedom without roughness, and oblige without design. Cowardice will betray friendship, and covetousness will starve it. Folly will be nauseous, passion is apt to ruffle, and pride will fly out into contumely and neglect.
— Jeremy Collier
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