“It is more disgraceful to distrust than to be deceived by our friends.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld , book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Il est plus honteux de se défier de ses amis que d'en être trompé.
Variant translation: It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
Maxim 84.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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Il est plus honteux de se défier de ses amis que d'en être trompé.

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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