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title: "4 Friend Folly Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/a-man-s-wisdom-is-his-best-friend-folly-his-worst-enemy/)

[William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/)

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> [“But Olwë answered: ‘We renounce no friendship. But it may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/but-olw-answered-we-renounce-no-friendship-but-it-may-be-the-part-of/)

[J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/)

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> [“But it may be the hard part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/but-it-may-be-the-hard-part-of-a-friend-to-rebuke-a-friend-s-folly/)

[J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/j-r-r-tolkien-204_friendship_but-it-may-be-the-hard-part-of-a-friend_1874753.jpg)

> [It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/it-may-be-the-part-of-a-friend-to-rebuke-a-friend-s-folly/)

[J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_folly_it-may-be-the-part-of-a-friend-to-rebuke_2815968.png)

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