Quote#World
This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die,…
Quote byWilliam Penn · 1644–1718
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part II, 127 - 134.
English (original)
This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die, yet their Friendship and Society are, in the best Sense, ever present, because Immortal.
— William Penn
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