The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
君子像水,性情谦虚冲淡,本质洁白,味平淡。而它的用处,可以使不洁的东西成为清洁,即使在滚烫的热水中放入油,二者亦不会混合,这就是君子的本性。小人像油,本质滑腻,味浓厚,它的用途可污染清洁之物,若在滚烫的油中放入水,二者必然相激而不相容, 这就是小人的本质。
The truth is not always probable, or likely.