On character
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.
Tao Te Ching · Chapter 81 81Sanskrit: public domain · English tr. James Legge (public domain)
What it means
Honest words are not always pretty, and pretty words are not always honest.
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