Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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