“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People
“He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.”
No. 401
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Source: Selected Essays, 1778-1830
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