<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578728" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Truth It Can Be Hurtful</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I may not like what you say of me but if of me you speak the truth<br>Though the truth it can be hurtful if it is not spoken without ruth<br>The truth cannot defame me if of me the truth you say<br>And if the truth taints my character well that too is okay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But if you tell lies about someone and know them to be lies<br>Then the dislike I'd feel for one like you i barely could disguise<br>For lies can be defamatory when used in such a way<br>Any respect to a malicious liar i would find hard to pay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The truth it can be hurtful as we all ought to know<br>But out of the truth it can be said respect for one does grow<br>And though you may not like what's said about you at least what's said is true<br>And to the one who speaks the truth credit is always due.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The truth it can be hurtful but the truth is never wrong<br>And those who cannot accept the truth mentally cannot grow strong<br>And though for some the truth is poison they'd rather live a lie<br>The truth lives on forever and the truth will never die.</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=578728" data-title="The Truth It Can Be Hurtful de Francis Duggan" data-description="I may not like what you say of me but if of me you speak the truth Though the truth it can be hurtful if it is not spoken without ruth The truth cannot defame me if of me the truth you say And if the truth taints my character well that too is okay..."></div> </div> </div>

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