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In the interest of not quoting films: "For a friend is not to be had without trial and is not a matter of a single day, but time is needed; hence the peck of s
by PostOnce 16y ago
In the interest of not quoting films:
"For a friend is not to be had without trial and is not a matter of a single day, but time is needed; hence the peck of salt' has come to be proverbial." -Aristotle (Eudemian Ethics)
"A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him." is the alluded-to proverb, and that particular wording is from Don Quixote (Cervantes).
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- gwern 16y ago> "A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter" --Cicero
- eagleal 16y agoIsn't this something you discover by yourself in the early teenage years, in terms of lesson learned, and don't do it again (trial-error)? At least it was for me. PS: Thanks for the quotes. However I failed to explain this lesson to my little sister.