Honesty is the best policy—and you know what I really think about you? That you’re a great person, always putting others first and forsaking your own comforts. I value your friendship a lot.
Teddy Wayne’s
Unpopular Proverbs
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Teddy Wayne is the author of the novels Kapitoil and The Love Song of Jonny Valentine.
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Honesty.
BY Teddy Wayne
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