A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.
Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.
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Aristotle. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.
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Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.
Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.
Acts 17:22-23
The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:22-23).
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 11.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [For Milo], translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 11.
Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.
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