“I prefer to be true to myself even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others rather than to be false and to incur my own abhorrence”
— Frederick Douglass
Simplified Meaning:
It's better to be honest with yourself, even if people make fun of you, than to lie to yourself and hate who you are.
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