Quote: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence

[Daemon99]

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

Can someone please tell me the meaning of the above sentence?
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[Alan]

Hi Daemon,

I would suggest this means: What we tend to remember in life is not what our enemies said but what was left unsaid by our friends, that they didn't say anything unpleasant.

Alan
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