The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the …

Mark Twain
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The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right. ✨ Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.135, Courier Corporation
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The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right. ✨ Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.135, Courier Corporation

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