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"害人之心不可有,防人之心不可无"

You can’t live with an idea to hurt others on purpose, while you can’t live without an idea to watch out for others.

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Blushed :oops: on seeing this post..........

This saying is from 《菜根谭》the original texts are : 害人之心不可有,防人之心不可无,此戒疏于虑者。宁受人之欺,毋逆人之诈,此警伤于察者。二语并存,精明浑厚矣。(hai4ren2zhi1xin1bu4ke3you3,fang2ren2zhi1xin1bu4ke3wu2,ci3jie4shu1yu2lv4zhe3.ning4shou4ren2zhi1qi1,wu4ni4ren2zhi1zha4,ci3jing3shang1yu2cha2zhe3.er4yu3bing4cun2,jing1ming2hun2hou4yi3.)

PS: 你知我知,不足为外人道也. :wink:

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