Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XVIII

You will agree, my reader, that very nicely did our pal act toward melancholy Tanya; 4 not for the first time here did he reveal a real nobility of soul, though people's ill will spared nothing in him: 8 his foes, his friends (which, maybe, are the same) upbraided him this way and that. Foes upon earth has everyone, 12, but God preserve us from our friends! Ah me, those friends, those friends! Not without cause have I recalled them.