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A friend in need is a friend indeed.
But, as such friends are rare, the Scotch proverb counsels not amiss,—
Try your friend afore ye need him.
On the other hand, "He that would have many friends should try few of them" (Italian).ssss1 "Let him that is wretched and beggared try everybody, and then his friend" (Italian).ssss1
A friend is never known till one have need.
"A friend cannot be known in prosperity, and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity" (Ecclesiasticus). "A sure friend is known in a doubtful case" (Ennius)ssss1
When good cheer is lacking, friends will be packing.
"The bread eaten, the company departed" (Spanish).ssss1 "While the pot boils, friendship blooms" (German).ssss1
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