Confide your faults and follies to but few, lest your confidence prey upon your credit.
The point
Warns against oversharing personal faults, which can undermine others' trust in you.
Confide your faults and follies to but few, lest your confidence prey upon your credit.
Warns against oversharing personal faults, which can undermine others' trust in you.
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