Mary Shelley
1818 · London, England · Written as a letter from the explorer Walton to his sister, as he sets out for the Arctic
You may deem me romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the want of a friend.
Frankenstein, the second letter
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7th century BC · Nineveh, Assyria · After praising the good days of the new king, asking a post for his son Ardi-Gula
The hungry are satisfied. The lean grow fat. The plantations are covered with fruits. Only I and Ardi-Gula among them have our soul depressed, our heart disturbed.A letter to the king · in place of the original: the English translation by C. H. W. Johns (1904)
Adad-shum-usur Adadi-shum-uṣur
7th century BC · Nineveh, Assyria
They that stand in the palace, all of them, love me not. There is not a friend of mine among them, to whom I might give a present, and they would receive it, and take up my cause.A letter to the king · in place of the original: the English translation by C. H. W. Johns (1904)
Wang Bo 王勃
670s · Tang China
While there is one within the four seas who knows my heart, the ends of the earth are like next door.
海內存知己，天涯若比隣。"Seeing Off Vice-Prefect Du, Leaving for His Post in Shu"
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