Famous Quotes | And the friend not...

And the friend not hesitates
To assign just place and mates;
Answers not in word or letter,
Yet is understood the better;
Is to his friend a looking-glass,
Reflects his figure that doth pass. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attribution: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. “Astraea,” Poems (1847).

Categories: Essayist, Friends And Friendship, Philosopher

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