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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour.
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“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour.”

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King James Bible — Ephesians 4:25
Date
1611
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King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
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Meaning of “Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth…”

Truthfulness is framed as a responsibility within relationship, not merely as a private personal preference.

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Ephesians 4:25 in the King James Version; the first clause and command are quoted here.

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FamilyFriendshipHonestyIntegrityRelationshipShortTrustTruth
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Before him, I may think aloud.
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“Before him, I may think aloud.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays, First Series — Friendship · 1841
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The line describes the relief of a friendship in which thought can be expressed openly before it is polished for public judgment.

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Essays: First Series, “Friendship” (1841), verified against Project Gutenberg #2944 and the 1907 Merrill/Turpin page witness in Project Gutenberg #16643, printed page 126. “Before him, I may think aloud” immediately continues Emerson’s definition of sincerity in friendship and belongs to the same Truth passage as the preceding catalog record.

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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays, First Series — Friendship · 1841
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Friendship permits unusual honesty because the relationship is secure enough to hold unguarded thought without constant performance.

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Essays: First Series, “Friendship” (1841), verified against Project Gutenberg #2944 and the 1907 Merrill/Turpin page witness in Project Gutenberg #16643, printed page 126. Emerson names Truth as one of friendship’s two sovereign elements and says “A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.” This collection preserves the essay’s idealizing moral argument rather than treating unrestricted disclosure as universally safe or appropriate.

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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Self-Reliance · 1841
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Emerson places inner integrity above conformity, arguing that a person should examine inherited standards rather than surrender judgment merely because they are socially approved.

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Self-Reliance, in the passage beginning with Emerson’s argument for nonconformity.

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At least I prefer to write unwisely rather than to be silent unkindly.
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“At least I prefer to write unwisely rather than to be silent unkindly.”

Marcus Aurelius · Correspondence of M. Aurelius Antoninus and M. Cornelius Fronto · 2nd century CE
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Marcus explains why he risks offering awkward advice to Fronto: preserving kindness and speaking when concern matters can be preferable to staying silent simply to avoid possible embarrassment.

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Project Gutenberg #2680, correspondence appendix, Ad M. Caes. ii. 2. Marcus closes a letter about Fronto’s role in the Herodes Atticus dispute with this sentence. It is personal epistolary reasoning inside a specific conflict, not a universal rule to intervene in every disagreement.

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