The Master said, "The reason why the ancients did not readily give utterance to their words, was that they feared lest their actions should not come up to them."Go here to read the introductory post to this serialized version of the Analects of Confucius.
~ James Legge translation via The Internet Classics Archive ~
What do you think of that one? I have my ideas but don't want to speak up first. (maybe for the same reasons as implied in the quote)
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