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It pays to know who your friends are but it also pays to know you ain't got any friends.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Knowing who your friends are is useful, the speaker says. Then comes the sting: it's just as valuable to accept you may have none. It's a wry, sceptical view that treats disillusionment as a kind of practical wisdom.
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