“Misfortune in your life draws the line between those who care and those who just pretend to, and you will not need anyone to tell you which side they are on.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from Vicissitudes of Life, chapter 3
In other words
Bad times pick people out for you. Some come round, some go quiet, and the ones who were only acting concerned stop acting once it costs them something. Nobody has to tell you which is which, because who turned up is the answer. Good times run the same test on a different group, and they find the people who cannot stand to see things going well for you. You end up with two lists you never asked for, and neither one looks like the list you expected.
AI-generated from the author's own text.
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