| If our inward griefs were written on our brows, how many who are envied now would be pitied. It would seem that they had their deadliest foe in their own breast, and their whole happiness would be reduced to mere seeming. |
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Pietro Metastasio – A hollow-hearted friend
| As gold is tried by the furnace, and the baser metal shown, so the hollow-hearted friend is known by adversity. |
