Quote by Benjamin Franklin
'Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; great

‘Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his. – Benjamin Franklin

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For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. – Benjamin Franklin

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If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends — you’re safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue. – Alice Duer Miller

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Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations. – Lincoln Chafee

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It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree. – Elbert Hubbard

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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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