An enemy can partly ruin a ...

An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect.
An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect.

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