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A friend in need is a friend indeed

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  1. A friend who helps out when we are in trouble is a true friend — unlike others who disappear when trouble arises.


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"A friend in need is a friend indeed," he said.

From Reuters Sep. 28, 2022

"A friend in need, is a friend indeed."

From Games For All Occasions by Mary E. Blain

She even smiled her little pinched smile and pressed Rhoda's hand as she said, "A friend in need is a friend indeed."

From Superseded by May Sinclair

A friend in need is a friend indeed, We have oft-times heard: And King Richard the Third Was reduced to crying, 'My kingdom for a horse!'

From The Adventures of Harry Revel by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

A friend in need is a friend indeed, and this friend is handsome as well as kind, although there is a little something or other, a suppressed vindictiveness, about his expression, that repels her.

From Molly Bawn by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

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