![He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it.
[Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/he-takes-the-greatest-ornament-from-friendship-who-takes-modesty-from-it-lat.jpg)
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