A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

Amicum, qui diu quaeritur, vix invenitur, difficile servatur

St. Jerome

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Topic

Value of friendship Friendship Friends

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

374 370s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Catholic saint Clergyman Christian Writer

From

Europe Roman Empire

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Citation

Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.

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Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

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Topic
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Author

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Source
Confessions
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Current Citation

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Matthew 6:9-13

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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Era
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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.

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Author

Tertullian
Source
Apologeticus
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
197 190s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Tertullian. Apologeticum [Apologeticus]. c. 197, ch. 50, sect. 13.

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Author

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Source
Proverbs (Heywood)
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Citation

Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 2.