Socrates built a house. All his friends found fault with some part or another. Socrates admitted it was small but wished he had true friends to fill it.
Friends support other friends.
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JBR Collection
Socrates once built a house, and everybody who saw it had something or other to say against it. “What a front!” said one. “What an inside!” said another. “What rooms! not big enough to turn round in, said a third. “Small as it is,” answered Socrates, “I wish I had true friends enough to fill it.”
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Socrates et Amici
Cum Socrates parvas aedes sibi fundasset, quidam ex populo “Quaeso,” inquit, “cur tu, talis vir, tam angustam ponis domum?” “Utinam,” Socrates respondet, “hanc veris amicis impleam!”
Perry #500