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- A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
- He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
- Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
- …or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
- A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
- Do to others as you would have them do to you.
- Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
- The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.