Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.

Not all things have to be scrutinized, nor all friends tested, not all enemies exposed and denounced

Telling the truth has always come naturally to me. And I realize, that people like me are the reason the world hates the truth.

An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere

If love be timid it is not true

We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths