If virtue slips from the lips of an enemy,
the heart must still embrace it with grace
for truth knows no borders,
and light cannot hide its own flame.
And if corruption stains even a father’s hand,
no veil can bury what is false;
truth remains truth, falsehood remains false
no bond, no name can alter its essence.
Affection, likeness, or kinship
is no certificate of goodness,
nor can shadows be painted as dawn.
The true mark of humanity is this:
to accept truth as truth even if spoken by a foe,
and to call falsehood false even if it wears the face of one’s own.
About the Creator
Getting Serious About Comedy (Part I)
If I were asked to remark on my life and the childhood that paved some road leading me to this point, I would have to say something about all the funny people who surrounded me for the last 26,872 days (and counting). Somewhere along that road, I became a big fan of laughter and the comedy that spawns it – and, I mean not only my own laughter, but the laughter of others, some of which I have actually been responsible for inducing.
By John Oliver Smith3 days ago in Humor
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