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"others expounding the nature of true friendship. In one of these latter the hearers are cautioned not to make " mist friendship," which soon dissolves ; nor /'stone friendship," which cannot be joined again if broken ; but to form " iron friendship," which can be welded again if severed ; or " silk friendship," which can be twisted in again ; not " tobacco friendship," liked but not swallowed; nor "door friendship," liked indeed, but pushed to and fro ; and so on."
THE ORATORY, SONGS, LEGENDS, AND FOLK-TALES OF THE MALAGASY.
By the Rev. James Sibree, Junior.
The Folk-Lore Journal, Volume 1, 1883, pg. 67