Just A Thought ~ THE PLAIN TRUTH

"A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

~ Baltazar Gracian ~

In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, one of the characters ~ Duke Orsino ~ asks a Jester how he is, and the Jester replies, "The better for my foes and the worse for my friends." The Duke doesn't understand, and says it must be the other way around: better off for his friends and worse off for his enemies. The Jester maintains his position, and explains that his friends flatter him and thus make a fool of him, while his enemies, in their desire to hurt him, tell the truth about him and thereby help him in his self-knowledge.