When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
In plain words
When somebody shows you what they are like, believe them the first time.
Where these words come from
- 58% sureLots of sources credit Maya Angelou with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Credited to Angelou via Oprah Winfrey's 1997 Wellesley address (per Quote Investigator); no direct Angelou source found
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