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

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

In the original Latin

Amicum, qui diu quaeritur, vix invenitur, difficile servatur

St. Jerome

374

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Value of friendship Friendship Friends

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374 Early Christianity

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St. Jerome

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Citation

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

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