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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
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“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”

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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…”

The verse connects truthful speech with mutual dependence: honesty matters because people live in relationship rather than as isolated individuals.

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Ephesians 4:25 in the King James Version.

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CommunicationCommunityFriendshipHonestyIntegrityLifeLife AdviceRelationshipTrustTruthUnity
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How happy I am, that my friend Marcus Cornelius, so distinguished as an orator and so noble as a man, thinks me worth praising and blaming.
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“How happy I am, that my friend Marcus Cornelius, so distinguished as an orator and so noble as a man, thinks me worth praising and blaming.”

Marcus Aurelius · Correspondence of M. Aurelius Antoninus and M. Cornelius Fronto · 2nd century CE
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Marcus values a relationship in which admiration does not exclude correction: Fronto’s willingness to praise and blame him is presented as a mark of trusted friendship rather than mere approval.

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Project Gutenberg #2680, Appendix “Correspondence of M. Aurelius Antoninus and M. Cornelius Fronto,” identifies this line as Ad M. Caes. iii. 17. The wording is preserved as correspondence context, not treated as a maxim from the Meditations.

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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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All social relations have their roots in mutual trust
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“All social relations have their roots in mutual trust”

Charles Wagner · The Simple Life · 1901
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Wagner treats trust as infrastructure for social life, implying that communication becomes costly and defensive when people cannot rely on one another’s sincerity.

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The Simple Life, Chapter IV, “Simplicity of Speech,” Mary Louise Hendee translation, Project Gutenberg #23092; the surrounding paragraph discusses sincerity and confidence.

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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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