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“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”

— Confucius

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Confucius
Type
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Context

Reportedly in: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Mistrust, Conspiracy, and Lack of Internet Ethics (1980) Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress. p. 32

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Confucius. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Confucius. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Confucius

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