C.S. Lewis , in his The Four Loves, writes:
"To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves; the crown of life and the school of virtue. The modern world, in comparison, ignores it. We admit of course that besides a wife and family a man needs a few 'friends'. But the very tone of the admission, and the sort of acquaintanceships which those who make it would describe as 'friendships', show clearly that what they are talking about has very little to do with that Philia which Aristotle classified among the virtues or that Amicitia on which Cicero wrote a book."
After reading this passage, I got to realize why some people are so superficial in dealing with friendship, which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, understanding, but most of all: TRUST. Without “trust” as the base, there’s nothing where to build a real friendship.
So, why to call “friend” someone you don’t trust?