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Sincere words are not fine, and fine words are not sincere
Drawn from what Laozi said
What Laozi actually said
- Laozi Chinese thinker traditionally named as the author of the Daodejing
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.
Where this was said
↗Tao Teh King, traditionally ascribed to Laozi (tr. James Legge, 1891)gutenberg.org
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