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If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
— Khalil Gibran
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
If honesty is unavoidable, the speaker says, do it with grace. Candour doesn't have to be blunt or harsh. The advice is to tell the truth in a way that has beauty and care in it, so the truth lands without needless damage.
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