When Speech Fails, Action Fails

By / / action, speech, success, The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Zi Lu XIII Chapter 3
Confucius said: “If speech is not in accord, affairs cannot succeed.”

If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.

言不顺，则事不成。

Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 3

Author: Confucius

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