Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothe… - Arthur Helps

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Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships.

Arthur Helps

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Sir Arthur Helps (10 July 1813 – 7 March 1875) was an English writer and dean of the Privy Council.

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Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships. - Arthur Helps

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