Tao Te Ching

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Art of Worldly Wisdom
Chapter 125
Gossip

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Only little known people have little known defects. Everyone has shortcomings, faults, and failings—they comprise our individuality. Only the foolish and craven focus on spreading criticism as a way of trying to build themselves up, of diverting attention away from their own misdeeds, or of making themselves feel better about their own flaws. Their libel, slander, and truthfulness form the sewers of slander and corrupt their own reputations while they degrade society. To gossip, spotlight, and catalog defects creates a contaminated life and a personality without heart.

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