If a stranger shows you fidelity, consider him as a kinsman;

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If a stranger shows you fidelity, consider him as a kinsman; by Omar Khayyam

If a stranger shows you fidelity, consider him as a kinsman;
but if a kinsman endeavors to betray you, regard
him as an enemy. If poison cures you, consider it an
antidote, and if the antidote does not agree with you,
regard it as a poison.

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