Eloquence
and an impressive vernacular can often be useful in the art of persuasion, but Lao
Tzu reminds us that beautiful words are not always pretty. You must be careful
of the tricksters, the charlatans, who are out there with their agendas. What
one may tell us and what one may actually do can be two different kinds of
animals; one a thoroughbred and one a donkey. Beautiful words may be used to
intentionally mislead. It is better to judge by the actions one does, and not
their shiny words they use.
