Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes.

πιστοὺς ἡγοῦ μὴ τοὺς ἅπαν ὅ τι ἂν λέγῃς ἢ ποιῇς ἐπαινοῦντας ἀλλὰ τοὺς τοῖς ἁμαρτανομένοις ἐπιτιμῶντας.

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