说苑/越石父曰：「不肖人自賢也，愚者自多也，佞人者皆莫能相其心，口以出之，又謂人勿言也。

越石父曰：「不肖人自賢也，愚者自多也，佞人者皆莫能相其心，口以出之，又謂人勿言也。

Eric Henry

Yue Shi-fu160 said, “Unworthy people regard themselves as worthy, and stupid people think highly of themselves.

譬人猶渴而穿井，臨難而後鑄兵，雖疾從而不及也。」

Eric Henry

Flatterers and fawners are never able to divine what lies in such people’s hearts.

Eric Henry

When speech has gone forth from one’s mouth, but one nevertheless tells others not to speak, this is like digging a well only after one has become thirsty or forging weapons only when the enemy is at hand—no matter how swiftly one acts, there will not be sufficient time.” On Procedures for Ensuring Personal Prosperity