Manners: 'A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A polite enemy is hard to expose, just as a rude friend is hard to protect from your own mistakes.
- In plain terms
- It is hard to show a polite enemy is bad, and hard to protect a rude friend.
- What can you take from it?
- Beware polite enemies and be cautious with rude friends.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you judge politeness?
- Who protects whom in your circle?
Another view
Manners alone do not always determine loyalty or safety.
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