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A friend to all is a friend to none.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you.
Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you.
 Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
 Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
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 Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
 Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
  But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
   Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend. 
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are read more
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked
 His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony,
 Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--
  They had been fou for read more 
 His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony,
 Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--
  They had been fou for weeks thegither! 
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat 
of my bread, hath lifted up his read more 
 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat 
of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. 
 Ah! were I sever'd from thy side,
 Where were thy friend and who my guide?
  Years have read more 
 Ah! were I sever'd from thy side,
 Where were thy friend and who my guide?
  Years have not seen, Time shall not see
   The hour that tears my soul from thee.