Quote#Friendship
You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge…
Quote byStephen Leacock · 1869–1944
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Literary Lapses (1910), The Poet Answered.
English (original)
You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge that they shall be brought back to you. As far as I am able to learn, those of your friends who are not in jail are still right there in your native village. You point out that they were wont to share your gambols, If so, you are certainly entitled to have theirs now.
— Stephen Leacock
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