The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
我们越爱我们的朋友,就越少奉承他们;纯粹的爱表现在毫不包庇的态度。
【译文】用心算计别人反而时时出错,退一步考虑事情路子就会很宽。