A friend in need is a friend indeed
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The saying suggests that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2021
Meanwhile, Julie reminded us a friend in need is a friend indeed:
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2017
You were a friend in need, and a friend in need is a friend indeed.
From Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake by Alger, Horatio
I rejoiced at finding a friend, and soon realized the truth of the good old proverb, "a friend in need is a friend indeed."
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
There is an apt saying that a "friend in need is a friend indeed," and such was Colonel Elliot as I soon found.
From Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer by Cady, John H. (John Henry)
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