Do you know the meaning of friends?

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Books and friends should be few but good.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

The best of friends must part.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

To have a friend, be a friend.

The death of a friend is *****alent to the loss of a limb.

Life without a friend is like death without a witness.

The best mirror is an old friend.

May there always be work for your hands to do, may your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your windowpane, may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

A cheerful friend is like asunny day spreading brightness all around.

A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the *******s of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.