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Truth at times parts the best of friends. — Indian (Bihar)
Try your friend before you have need of him. — English
Two sparrows on the same ear of corn are not long friends. — French
We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbors. — English
What do eyes and friendship have in common? Minor incidents can damage both. — Ghanaian
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What you give to a good friend is not lost. — Polish
When you have a pretty wife, you are a bad friend. — Yiddish
When a peasant gets rich, he knows neither relations nor friends. — Spanish
When entertainment is discontinued friendship ceases. — Indian (Tamil)
When friends meet, heart is warm. — Scottish
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When I lent I was a friend, when I asked I was unkind. — English
When a friend asks there is no tomorrow. — English
When love puts in, friendship is gone. — English
When men are really friends, then even water is sweet. — Chinese
When poverty comes in at the door, friendship flees out at the window. — Scottish
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When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps. — English
When wine comes to an end, so does conversation; when money comes to end, so do friends. — Serbo-Croatian
When it is a friend that asks, don't wait till tomorrow to grant it. — Filipino
When you have figs in your haversack everybody seeks your friendship. — Albanian
When you have tea and wine, you have many friends. — Chinese
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Where wealth is established it is difficult for friendship to find a place. — Russian
Where friends, there riches. — German
Your friend’s mother is your mother too.— Kenyan
While the pot boils friendship blooms. — English
Who ventures to lend, loses money and friend. — Dutch
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Who tells the truth loses his friends. — Hebrew
With clothes the new are best; with friends the old are best. — Chinese
Without a true friend the intelligent man cannot know the mistakes that he makes. — Chinese
Yellow gold is plentiful in the world; white-haired old friends are few. — Chinese
You can't patch up a torn friendship. — Yiddish
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