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We should listen to our friends, for they see our faults more clearly than we do.
Zeno of Citium · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers · paraphrase
What it means today

We are blind to our own faults and clear-eyed about others’. A true friend lends you their clarity. Listening to them is not weakness; it is the only way to see yourself.

Try this todayListen to one honest observation from a friend today, without defending.
Today’s questionWhose honest eyes have I been refusing to use?
#friendship#criticism#self-knowledge
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