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&quot;<strong>Wounds from a friend</strong> can be trusted, but<br />
an enemy multiplies kisses.&quot; Proverbs 27:6<br />
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<strong>The true friend</strong> is not the honeyed flatterer. He <br />
who possesses the hall-mark of that noblest of <br />
relationships is rather the confidential adviser, <br />
or, it may be, the faithful censor, who, with <br />
delicate tact and yet bold freedom, can point out <br />
the peril or shortcoming to which we ourselves are <br />
blind—the undiscovered weak joint in the armour. <br />
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Inestimable is the worth of such outspoken,<br />
unselfish, trusted sincerity; faithful the wounds<br />
of such friends.