Confucian Analects · Analects 14.21
The Master said, 'He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.'
Chinese · source text【廿一章】子曰、其言之不怍、則為之也難。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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