An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
Friends and Friendship
Quotations by John Gay
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3 réponses à “An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse. John Gay”
@TheBiebs477
excuse me but isn't this saying from Benjamin Franklin?
dicocitations
FABLE XVII. THE SHEPKIID'S DOC AND THE WOLS. John Gay
A Wolf, with hunger fierce and bold,
Ravag'd the plains, and thinn'd the fold;
Deep in the wood secure he lay,
The thefts of night regal'd the day.
In vain the shepherd's w akeful care
Had spread the toils, and watch'd the snare,
In vain the Dog pursued his pace,
The fleeter robber mock'd the chase.
Nature design'd us beasts of prey ;
As such, when hunger finds a treat,
'Tis necessary Wolves should eat.
If, mindful of the bleating weal,
Thy bosom burn with real zeal.
Hence, and thy tyrant lord beseech j
To bim repeat the moving speech:
A Wolf eats sheep hut now and then,
Ten thousands are devour'd by men.
An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse."
melissa
but how does an open foe may prove a curse but a pretend friend is worse relate to 1733? what happend in 1733 that made him write that quote