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This suggests that real friendship is strong enough to handle honesty. It can be taken to mean that friendship does not need secrecy, ignorance, or managed appearances to survive, because trust is deeper when people can know each other clearly. It lands when a friendship is tested by a hard truth, and telling it honestly is the more respectful choice.
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About Henry David Thoreau
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. He is closely associated with the transcendentalist movement and is best known for Walden and for his essay "Civil Disobedience". Walden reflects on simple living in natural surroundings. "Civil Disobedience" argues that citizens may resist an unjust state. Thoreau's writing often returns to independence, conscience, and a close attention to nature.
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Walden
On living deliberately.