Trust your friends, but cut the cards

Meaning: Verify even trusted relationships through precautions; friendship doesn't eliminate the need for safeguards against deception.

Origin: English proverb.

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• Anger is short-lived in a good man. — A good person's anger passes quickly and leaves no lasting grudge.
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