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> [Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/before-you-speak-ask-yourself-if-what-you-are-going-to-say-is-true-is/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

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## More by Bernard Meltzer

> [Topcats often begin as underdogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/topcats-often-begin-as-underdogs/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [Hard work is often the easy work you did not do at the proper time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/hard-work-is-often-the-easy-work-you-did-not-do-at-the-proper-time/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/if-you-want-to-be-original-just-try-being-yourself-because-god-has/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [The beautiful in life... Some talk of it in poetry, Some grow it from the soil, Some build it in a steeple, Some show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/the-beautiful-in-life-some-talk-of-it-in-poetry-some-grow-it-from-the/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/there-is-no-better-exercise-for-your-heart-than-reaching-down-and/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/success-is-getting-and-achieving-what-you-want-happiness-is-wanting/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/we-may-give-without-loving-but-we-cannot-love-without-giving/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/a-true-friend-is-someone-who-thinks-that-you-are-a-good-egg-even/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/when-you-forgive-you-in-no-way-change-the-past-but-you-sure-do-change/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/blessed-are-those-who-give-without-remembering-and-blessed-are-those/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/if-you-have-learned-how-to-disagree-without-being-disagreeable-then/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [One of the great virtues of our democratic system is that only one of the candidates gets elected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/one-of-the-great-virtues-of-our-democratic-system-is-that-only-one-of/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/before-you-speak-ask-yourself-if-what-you-are-going-to-say-is-true-is/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [A true buddy is a person who thinks that you'll be a fantastic egg although he is aware that you are somewhat cracked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/a-true-buddy-is-a-person-who-thinks-that-you-ll-be-a-fantastic-egg/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

> [Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-meltzer/use-those-talents-you-have-you-will-make-it-you-will-give-joy-to-the/)

[Bernard Meltzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-meltzer/)

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