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Louis Segond 1910
Celui qui a beaucoup d'amis les a pour son malheur, Mais il est tel ami plus attaché qu'un frère.
KJV
A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
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ought not to love more those who are more closely united to us by ties of blood. For it is written ( Prov. 18:24 ): "A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother." Again, Valerius Maximus says (Fact. et Dict. Memor. iv 7): "The ties of friendship are most stron…
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