Chanakya Kautilya: A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest peopl — Chanakya Kautilya

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

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It is to hope, though hope were lost. — Anna Letitia Barbauld