Happens For To Be True Poem by Francis Duggan

Though some may not say very nice things of you
That their opinions of you is their business happens to be true
And as long as they speak of you in a truthful way
Suppose of you they are entitled for to have their say
Yet those only too willing others to criticize
Do not like criticism of themselves which is not a surprise
Suppose we dislike in others the flaws in ourselves we do see
At least anyhow this is how it seems to be
Yet from those who criticize us of ourselves we do learn more
Than those who praise us something you may have heard before
And though you may have many friends happens for to be so
You will not go through life without making a foe
And though some may say not very nice things of you
That their opinions of you is only their business happens for to be true.