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'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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