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Epicurus Quotes: It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
         

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.


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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
         



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