@georgina · November 2, 2026
In answer to Cicero’s question
I always prefer praise over truth – who could honestly say otherwise?
But I seek out the truth the way a sick person seeks medicine, because it is the only way to get better.
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I wish I did. I’m sorry to say that there are some truths which make me put my hands over my ears and want to crawl back under the duvet. Truth is all very well but I don’t have to like it.
There are one or two medicines that make you wonder if it wouldn’t be better just to give up and die.
Always better to speak the truth than offer insincere praise. Early Quakers called it ‘plain speaking’ and I’m all for it.
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