Quote#Friendship
Every one that flatters thee
Quote byRichard Barnfield · 1574–1627
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems: In Divers Humours (1598), Ode, l. 29..
English (original)
Every one that flatters thee Is no friends in misery. Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find. Every man will be thy friend Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend; But if store of crowns be scant, No man will supply thy want.
— Richard Barnfield
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