A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. ✨ Quoted …

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A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 1755)
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A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 1755)

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