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Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant.

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate.

Examine what is said, not him who speaks.

A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest ;man and to the gentleman.

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

Frank and explicit--that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

There is no wisdom like frankness.

Karma has written on George Bush's face. It has sculpted trixoypurine uric acid lines in his brow like music scales with no notes It has painted his face the red of cholesterol blockage It has constricted his right eye.. Time has sculpted Dick Cheney's face. His lip curls with contempt for others. His eyes evade the searchlight of truth. We pray that God give them and all beings mercy.. as God now removes them from an office through which they harm hundreds of millions of other beings.