A friend in need is a friend indeed

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A friend who helps out when we are in trouble is a true friend — unlike others who disappear when trouble arises.

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The first records of a friend in need is a friend indeed in English come from around 1450. However, the idea that this proverb expresses can be traced all the way back to 400 B.C. in the work of the ancient Greek playwright Euripides.