Chapter 5, Part 4 - Confucius

Someone said, "Yung is truly virtuous, but he is not ready with his tongue."

The Master said, "What is the good of being ready with the tongue? They who encounter men with smartness of speech for the most part procure themselves hatred. I know not whether he be truly virtuous, but why should he show readiness of the tongue?"
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~

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