Quote#Friendship
When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends…
Quote byOuida · 1839–1908
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Two Little Wooden Shoes (1874), Chapter II.
English (original)
When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time.
— Ouida
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