Confucian Analects · Analects 15.26
The Master said, 'Specious words confound virtue. Want of forbearance in small matters confounds great plans.'
Chinese · source text【廿六章】子曰、巧言亂德、小不忍、則亂大謀。
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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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