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Those who know the Tao do not care to speak about it; those ever ready to speak about it do not know it
Drawn from what Laozi said
What Laozi actually said
- Laozi Chinese thinker traditionally named as the author of the Daodejing
He who knows (the Tao) does not (care to) speak (about it); he who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it.
Where this was said
↗Tao Teh King, traditionally ascribed to Laozi (tr. James Legge, 1891)gutenberg.org
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