<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=558619" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>If The Truth Is My Due</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I would prefer praise to criticism any day<br>But for as long as people their truth to me do say<br>And with lies not defame me in any way<br>I will 'cop it sweet' with me 'twill be okay<br>Yet some people even whilst speaking the truth<br>By their words alone do seem lacking in ruth<br>Even the truth spoken crudely can leave a mental sting<br>The great power of words can be a hurtful thing<br>Yet the truth is the truth and can never defame<br>It is with your own actions that you sully your name<br>Due to jealousy or a sense of revenge some with their words are cruel<br>And with their words to character ruin light the fuel<br>I will accept the truth if the truth is my due<br>For as long as you say of me of me what's true.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=558619" data-title="If The Truth Is My Due de Francis Duggan" data-description="I would prefer praise to criticism any day But for as long as people their truth to me do say And with lies not defame me in any way I will 'cop it sweet' with me 'twill be okay Yet some people even whilst speaking the truth By their words alone d..."></div> </div> </div>

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