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"text": "A friend in need is a friend indeed, Een vrient in noot / is een vrient in der daet.",
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"ref": "1661 May 3, John Bramhall, “Discourse III. A Sermon Preached at Dublin, upon the 23. of April, 1661 [Julian calendar], being the Day Appointed for His Majesties Coronation; […]”, in Jo[hn] Lymeric [pseudonym; John Vesey], editor, The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall D.D. […], Dublin: […] His Majesties Printing-House, published 1676, →OCLC, tome IV, page 955:",
"text": "Every one is a kinſman to him that is proſperous, but a friend in need is a friend indeed.",
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"text": "It is a true ſaying, my Ingenio, that a Friend in need, is a Friend indeed, as I doubt not but you will be fully apprized, upon peruſal of what I here ſend you.",
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"ref": "1795, Frederick Schiller [i.e., Friedrich Schiller], translated by [Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee], The Robbers. A Tragedy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] G. G. and J. Robinson, […], →OCLC, act II, page 57:",
"text": "A friend in need is a friend indeed, ſay I;—but you can't judge of it.—No,—unleſs you had the rope about your neck, and were walking all alive to your grave.",
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"ref": "1802 February 3, Aaron Ogden, “Judiciary System [Third Reading of the bill to repeal certain acts respecting the organization of the Courts of the United States, and for other purposes]”, in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; […] (United States Senate, 7th Congress), Washington, D.C.: […] Gales and Seaton, published 1851, →OCLC, column 178:",
"text": "The gentlemen on the other side of the House have been peculiarly called the friends of the people; remember a friend in need is a friend indeed. Is there, then, no some one who will step out from among them to save this tottering branch of our Government from falling!",
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"ref": "1875, J[ohn] Murdoch, “Companions and Neighbours”, in The Indian Student’s Manual. Hints on Studies, Moral Conduct, Religious Duties, and Success in Life, Madras, Tamil Nadu: The Christian Vernacular Education Society; […], →OCLC, page 172:",
"text": "Friends should be ready to assist each other. Kind offices ought never to be omitted, but they are especially called for in seasons of affliction. \"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.\" \"A friend in need is a friend indeed.\"",
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"ref": "1958 September, Marvin L. Middlebrooks, “[Letter to the magazine]”, in Flying, volume 63, number 3, Chicago, Ill.: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8:",
"text": "I had a flight plan to cancel so asked if there were a telephone near. Mr. Littrell said his neighbor across the way had one. He was happy to drive us there—about three miles across some fields that would shake your eye teeth out. […] They say “a friend in need is a friend indeed.” Mr. Littrell proved it. I am grateful.",
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"ref": "1999, Thomas William, chapter 20, in The Alaskan Saga of Thomas Churchill O’Brien, Lincoln, Neb.: toExcel, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 87:",
"text": "But I sat there trying to pretend that everything was OK, that this wasn't happening, trying to think instead of all the good things that happened to me in my life, trying to think of some important person I knew who could help me, but I couldn't think of anyone. A friend in need is a friend, indeed, and I sure could have used one then.",
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"ref": "2007 March 8, Charles E[llis] Schumer, “Opening Statement of Hon. Charles E. Schumer, Chairman, a U.S. Senator from New York”, in Addressing the Problem of African-American Male Unemployment: Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session […] (S. Hrg. 110-107), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 9:",
"text": "[…] I'm going to turn over the chair to my friend, colleague, and at this point someone—a friend in need is a friend indeed—Senator [Amy] Klobuchar.",
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"ref": "2010, Lee Myung-bak, “Foreword”, in Jai Ok Shim, James F. Larson, Frederick F. Carriere, Horace H. Underwood, Fulbright in Korea’s Future: A 60th Anniversary Commemorative History, Seoul, South Korea: Seoul Selection, →ISBN, page vii:",
"text": "There is a well-known proverb, \"A friend in need is a friend indeed.\" Americans have always been our true friends. They stretched out warm helping hands to us when we were in direst need. The Fulbright Program, which was initiated in the throes of the Korean War, has been one such helping hand.",
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
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"text": "A friend in need is a friend indeed, ſay I;—but you can't judge of it.—No,—unleſs you had the rope about your neck, and were walking all alive to your grave.",
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"ref": "1802 February 3, Aaron Ogden, “Judiciary System [Third Reading of the bill to repeal certain acts respecting the organization of the Courts of the United States, and for other purposes]”, in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; […] (United States Senate, 7th Congress), Washington, D.C.: […] Gales and Seaton, published 1851, →OCLC, column 178:",
"text": "The gentlemen on the other side of the House have been peculiarly called the friends of the people; remember a friend in need is a friend indeed. Is there, then, no some one who will step out from among them to save this tottering branch of our Government from falling!",
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"text": "Friends should be ready to assist each other. Kind offices ought never to be omitted, but they are especially called for in seasons of affliction. \"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.\" \"A friend in need is a friend indeed.\"",
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"ref": "1999, Thomas William, chapter 20, in The Alaskan Saga of Thomas Churchill O’Brien, Lincoln, Neb.: toExcel, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 87:",
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"ref": "2007 March 8, Charles E[llis] Schumer, “Opening Statement of Hon. Charles E. Schumer, Chairman, a U.S. Senator from New York”, in Addressing the Problem of African-American Male Unemployment: Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session […] (S. Hrg. 110-107), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 9:",
"text": "[…] I'm going to turn over the chair to my friend, colleague, and at this point someone—a friend in need is a friend indeed—Senator [Amy] Klobuchar.",
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "прия́тел в ну́жда се позна́ва"
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"roman": "waan⁶ naan⁶ gin³ zan¹ cing⁴",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "患難見真情 /患难见真情"
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"roman": "huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "患難見真情 /患难见真情"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "v nouzi poznáš přítele"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "i nøden kender man sine venner"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "in nood leert men zijn vrienden kennen"
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"word": "vrienden in de nood, hondert in een lood"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "hädässä ystävä tunnetaan"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "c’est dans le besoin que l’on reconnaît ses amis"
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"word": "wahre Freunde erkennt man in der Not"
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"word": "Freunde in der Not gehen hundert auf ein Lot"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "bajban ismerszik meg a jó barát"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "sá er vinur, sem í raun reynist"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "gli amici si vedono nel momento del bisogno"
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"roman": "masaka no toki no tomo koso shin no tomo",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "まさかの時の友こそ真の友"
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"roman": "mittɑɑlʼɑɑ kɨɨmittɑɑknongkriəʼaahnnɔɔ",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "មិត្តល្អ គឺមិត្តក្នុងគ្រាអាសន្ន"
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"word": "пријателот во неволја се познава"
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"code": "ml",
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"roman": "āvaśyattinu upakarikkunnavāṇŭ yathāṟttha suhr̥ttŭ",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "ആവശ്യത്തിനു ഉപകരിക്കുന്നവാണ് യഥാർത്ഥ സുഹൃത്ത്"
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "tenxlüün javaxad temeegeer tusalsnaas tevdež javaxad tevneer tusalsan nʹ deer",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "тэнхлүүн явахад тэмээгээр тусалснаас тэвдэж явахад тэвнээр тусалсан нь дээр"
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "æt þearfe man sceal freonda cunnian"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "prawdziwych przyjaciół poznaje się w biedzie"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "amigo na necessidade é amigo de verdade"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "prietenul la nevoie se cunoaște"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drug poznajótsja v bedé",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "друг познаётся в беде́"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "aithnichear an caraid an là na faiche"
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"word": "prȃvī se prȉjatelj u nèvolji poznáje"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
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"word": "en la mucha necesidad, se conoce al amigo de verdad"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "i nöden prövas vännen"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "dost kara günde belli olur"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "iyi dost kara günde belli olur"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "câr cywir yn yr ing y gwelir"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "y câr cywir yn yr ing y gwelir"
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"sense": "if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend",
"word": "y câr dilys ing a'i dengys"
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