The Spectator, No. 68 (Friday, 18 May 1711) [ Practices ]
… what Prudence does he caution us in the Choice of our Friends? And with what Strokes of Nature (I could almost say of Humour) has he described the Behaviour of a treacherous and self-interested Friend? If thou wouldst get a Friend, prove … Friendship with one whom perhaps he does not find out till after a Year's Conversation; when on a sudden some latent ill Humour breaks out upon him, which he never discovered or suspected at his first entering into an Intimacy with him. There … following Epigram: Difficilis, facilis, jucundus, acerbus es idem , Nec tecum possum vivere, nec sine t e. In all thy Humours, whether grave or mellow , Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant Fellow ; Hast so much Wit, and Mirth, and …
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