Do'st achitib gapirar, dushman — kuldirib.
“A friend speaks bitter truth; an enemy flatters you with laughter.”
Honest, even painful, criticism from a real friend is worth more than an enemy's hollow praise.
— Traditional Uzbekistan Wisdom, Uzbekistan
Source: Traditional Uzbek proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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