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> [“Let me, however, although no verbal critic, protest against the profanation of the word friend. In this my history I must be honest, make a distinction between the oriental diamond and its worthless imitation of paste, and separate the grain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/let-me-however-although-no-verbal-critic-protest-against-the/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

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## More by Edward John Trelawny

> [“He is smitten on the brain, -he reads and writes verses! I caught him in the act! Fools might say he was inspired; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/he-is-smitten-on-the-brain-he-reads-and-writes-verses-i-caught-him-in/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [“At last, giving me the boat's sail for a bed, he stretched himself out on the jagged rocks, and slept soundly as the unsanctified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/at-last-giving-me-the-boat-s-sail-for-a-bed-he-stretched-himself-out/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [“Aware that a man has no more chance with a woman, armed with the offensive and defensive weapons of tongue, tears, nails, and bamboo,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/aware-that-a-man-has-no-more-chance-with-a-woman-armed-with-the/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [“Those that come to see me, do me honour; and those that stay away, do me a favour.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/those-that-come-to-see-me-do-me-honour-and-those-that-stay-away-do-me/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [“In this hard struggle I had little refreshment but from the fountains of my own soul. Had I not clung to myself, the atrocity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/in-this-hard-struggle-i-had-little-refreshment-but-from-the-fountains/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [“Women are like parasitical plants, casting their wild tendrils from one tree to another, till, swollen into tough cordage, they strangle those they embrace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/women-are-like-parasitical-plants-casting-their-wild-tendrils-from/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [“A rusty bolt is the most difficult to withdraw; but once removed, though replaced, it will never hold securely.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/a-rusty-bolt-is-the-most-difficult-to-withdraw-but-once-removed/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [“Let me, however, although no verbal critic, protest against the profanation of the word friend. In this my history I must be honest, make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/let-me-however-although-no-verbal-critic-protest-against-the/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [I am one whose faith is, that love and friendship, with ardent natures, are like those trees of the torrid zone which yield fruit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/i-am-one-whose-faith-is-that-love-and-friendship-with-ardent-natures/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [“Like a great fool, I went ashore with them, and they gave me some cursed stuff they called gin, - such blasphemy I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/like-a-great-fool-i-went-ashore-with-them-and-they-gave-me-some/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

> [In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-trelawny/in-my-youth-i-loved-climbing-and-scrambling-up-rocks-and-mountains/)

[Edward John Trelawny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-trelawny/)

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