This son of Sirach even says - I saw it but just now: 'Take heed of thy friends'; not, observe, thy seeming friends, thy hypocritical friends, thy false friends, but thy friends, thy real friends - that is to say, not the truest friend in the world is to be implicitly trusted. (Herman Melville)

This son of Sirach even says - I saw it but just now: 'Take heed of thy friends'; not, observe, thy seeming friends, thy hypocritical friends, thy false friends, but thy friends, thy real friends - that is to say, not the truest friend in the world is to be implicitly trusted.

Herman Melville

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