“Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.”

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

— Cicero

Roman statesman and philosopher

Cicero, De Amic, 19, 67. (Quoted).

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Source: Cicero, De Amic, 19, 67. (Quoted).
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