Quotation
“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
The idea behind the quotation
It is better to live honestly according to your own values, even if others laugh at you, than to betray yourself and feel ashamed.
Vocabulary in context
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