“Trust the friends of today as though they will be the enemies of tomorrow.”

— Baltasar Gracián, book The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Confiar de los amigos hoy como enemigos mañana.
Maxim 217 (p. 123)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)

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