Friend or flatterer?
The chief difference between a friend and a flatterer is this; the flatterer speaks to please, the friend will not leave out even what is disagreeable…. At all events any one would rather see his friend angry with him than any one else flattering him.
- Saint Basil the Great, “Letters XX and XXI to Leontius the Sophist”
(Source: askfortheoldpaths.blogspot.gr)






