“Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“There is not one who speaks of us in our presence as he does in our absence," wrote Pascal. "All affection is based on this mutual deception, and few friendships would survive if we knew what our friends were saying of us behind our backs.”
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Friendship
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