That Discretion Is Often

When others to your face only nice things do say With their praises you ought not get carried away Since few to your face ever say what they think of you Their words to their thinking are not always true The most humble of people are also discreet The praises of others in them never leads to self conceit The egos of the egotistical not hard to inflate Some narcissistic personalities success have been known to create Only an arrogant and ignorant person who does not know his or her place Makes a habit out of telling people of what she or he thinks of them to their face Such people are known to find pleasure in their words on causing offense And are lacking in compassion and empathy and common sense Few will ever tell you to your face what they really think of you That discretion is often the better sign of valor happens to be true.