"The most helpless of people is he who is unable to make a friend. And even more helpless is he who has made a friend and then lost him." — Ghurar al-Hikam

 

"The most helpless of people is he who is unable to make a friend. And even more helpless is he who has made a friend and then lost him."
— Ghurar al-Hikam

Arabic:
أَعْجَزُ النَّاسِ مَنْ عَجَزَ عَنْ اكْتِسَابِ الإِخْوَانِ، وَأَعْجَزُ مِنْهُ مَنْ ضَيَّعَ مَنْ ظَفِرَ بِهِمْ.
— غرر الحكم