《颜氏家训·名实篇》
一旦观察得真切，那种巧於作伪就还不如拙而诚实，接著招来的羞辱也够大的。
一为察之所鉴，巧伪不如拙诚，承之以羞大矣。
Once the observation is true, the ingenuity in pretense is not as good as the simplicity and honesty, and the subsequent humiliation is also great enough.