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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
Approximate author period: c. 1629 AD · renaissance
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- Baltasar Gracian
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- Approximate author period: c. 1629 AD · renaissance
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Baltasar Gracian: recorded author lifetime 1601–1658. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/baltasar-gracian (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is baltasar-gracian; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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