An old friend is never an extra guest.

Notorious

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Topic

Old friends Friends Guests and visitors

Speaker

Alexander Sebastian

Actor

Claude Rains

Source

Notorious

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Spy (film) Spy

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.

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Another quote from the 1940s

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.

Margaret Millar

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Topic
Conversation
Speaker
Prye

Author

Margaret Millar
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Millar, Margaret. The Weak-Eyed Bat. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942, ch. 8.

Another quote about Friends

We are all travellers in what John Bunyan calls the wilderness of this world....and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
Friends Existential solitude Travel

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Source
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
Genre
Autobiography and memoir Travel writing
Language
English
Time
1879 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Dover Publications, 2019.

Another quote from 1946

Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

It's a Wonderful Life

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Topic
Friendship Friends
Speaker
Clarence
Actor
Henry Travers
Source
It's a Wonderful Life
Medium
Film
Genre
Christmas (film) Drama (film) Christmas Drama
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

It's a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, Liberty Films, 1946.