True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known …

Charles Caleb Colton
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.295
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.295

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