Proverbs 27:5-7

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁵Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
⁶Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts,
    but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
⁷The sated appetite spurns honey,
    but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.

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