Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.
Candor breeds hatred (Am.)
Home truths are hard to swallow (Br.).
It is truth that makes a man angry (Am., Br.).
No one wants to hear the truth (Am.).
Nothing stings like the truth (Br.).
The sting of a reproach is its truth (Br.).
The sting of a reproach is the truth of it (Am.).
Truth and roses have thorns /about them/ (Am.).
The truth hurts (Am., Br.).
Truth is (tastes) bitter (Am.).
Truths and roses have thorns about them (Br.)
Follow not truth too near the heels lest it dash out your teeth (Am., Br.).
Не who follows truth too closely will have dirt kicked in his face (Am., Br.).
Truth breeds hatred (Br.).
Truth finds foes, where it makes none (Am., Br.)
Il n’y a que la verité qui offence.
Il n’y a que la vérité qui blesse.
Toutes vérités ne sont pas bonnes à dire.
Правду говорить – дружбу терять.
Друга не теряй, денег не давай. Не говори правды, не теряй дружбы.
Правда глаза колет.Правда уши дерет.
Не говори правды, не теряй дружбы!
Правду говорить – никому не угодить.
Die Wahrheit ist kein Liebeskuß, man macht damit sich nur Verdruß;
Wahrheit ist ein selten Kraut, noch seltener wer sie wohl verdaut;
Die Wahrheit ist eine Speise, die niemand schmeckt;
Wahrheit bringt Haß.
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