| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 53186 |
| QUOTATION: | What need we have any friends, if we should ne’er have need of ‘em? They were the most needless creatures living, if we should ne’er have use for ‘em. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Timon, in Timon of Athens, act 1, sc. 2, l. 95-8.
Believing his friends will help him if need be. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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