Citations:a friend in need is a friend indeed

English citations of a friend in need is a friend indeed

1. If a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend.
   • [1810, “ORATORY”, in The New and Complete American Encyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: […] E. Low, successor to John Low, […], →OCLC, page 289, column 2:

     When two words very near in ſound, but different in ſenſe, reſpect each other in the ſame ſentence, it is called paranomasia. As when we ſay, After a feast comes a fast; and A friend in need is a friend indeed.]

   • 1998, “Pure Morning”, in Without You I’m Nothing, performed by Placebo:

     A friend in need's a friend indeed / A friend with weed is better

   • 2007, Elizabeth Wurtzel, More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction, →ISBN, page 160:

     I call Mommy, who is not home yet, […] I call Ruby in Washington, D.C., who is also not around, and leave her a message to please come get me out of here. We have not spoken in a while, but a friend in need is a friend indeed, so I figure why not. I call Kathlyn, who tells me she feels terrible, but give it a chance.