Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them."

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Authorizes	Become	Cases	Courtesy
Disagreeable	Enemies	Enough	Except
Flatter	Friend	Friendship	Intimates
Into	Learn	Leave	Nearer
Necessary	Necessity	Person	Rare
Ready	Relation	Tact	Tell
Them	Things	Unpleasant	Your
Yourself

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