A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.
Saint Jerome. Letter to Rufinus the Monk. c. 374, sect. 6.
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Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.
Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 8.
Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.
Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 8, ch. 7.
Matthew 5:11
The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:11).
Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch
Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Julius Caesar." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 50, sect. 2.
Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Julius Caesar." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 50, sect. 2.
Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.
Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.