Quote#Friendship
Essential honour must be in a friend
Quote byKatherine Philips · 1632–1664
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poem LXIV: 'A Friend', st. 6.
English (original)
Essential honour must be in a friend, Not such as every breath fans to and fro; But born within, is its own judge and end, And dares not sin, though sure that none should know. Where friendship's spoke, honesty's understood; For none can be a friend that is not good.
— Katherine Philips
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