Who said "True friendship is a plant of slow and tender growth."?

This quote is attributed to Henry Fielding.

True friendship is a plant of slow and tender growth. - Henry Fielding

"True friendship is a plant of slow and tender growth."

Henry Fielding Friendship

Novelist Playwright English 1707–1754

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