A true friend stabs you in the front.

True friends stab you in the front.

But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

A true friend will never turn their back on you.

A true friend stands with you no matter how outlandish the circumstances may seem at any give moment.