An idea from The Analects

The Master distrusts smooth talk. A pleasing face and fine words, he says, seldom go with real goodness. Then a student known for his fine speech was found asleep in the daytime, and he changed his method: “Now my way is to hear their words, and look at their conduct.”

From The Analects by Confucius

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