Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued – these are injurious.
友便辟，友善柔，友便佞，损矣。
Source: The Analects, Ji Shi XVI, Chapter 4
Author: Confucius
The Triad of the Harmful Friend: Confucius on the Flatterer, the Hypocrite, and the Silver-Tongued
