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Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

Approximate author period: c. 1936 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Albert Camus
Attribution: attributed
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Approximate author period: c. 1936 AD · modern
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