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ⴰⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵓⴳⵓⵎⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉⵏ: ⵓⵎⵓⵍⵓ ⵓⵏⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ. ⴰⵏⴰⵡⵓⵙ ⵓⵏⵙⵓⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ. ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉⵏ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 81, "ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵍⵓ ⴰⵔ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ber/chapters/81/
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信言不美，美言不信。善者不辩，辩者不善。知者不博，博者不知。
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ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⵉⵏⵎⵓⴳⵉⵙ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⴰⵔⴰⵡⵏ ⵉⴷⵔⵉⵎⵏ. ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⵉⴷⵔⵉⵎⵏ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⴰⵔⴰⵡⵏ ⵉⵏⵎⵓⴳⵉⵙ. ⴰⴽⵓⴷⵉⵙ ⵉⵏⵎⵓⴳⵉⵙ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ. ⴰⵡⴰⵔ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ ⴰⵔ ⵉⴽⵓⴷⵉⵙ. ⴰⵏⴰⵡⵓⵙ ⵉⵏⵎⵓⴳⵉⵙ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⵔⵉⵔ. ⴰⵡⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵏⴰⵡⵓⵙ. ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳⵉ. ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳⵉ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ.
Amezruy Ameqqran
ⴰⵎⴽⴰⵏ ⴱⵉⵔⵉ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⴱⴷⴰⵏ?
ⴰⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵓⴳⵓⵎⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉⵏ: ⵓⵎⵓⵍⵓ ⵓⵏⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ. ⴰⵏⴰⵡⵓⵙ ⵓⵏⵙⵓⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ. ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉⵏ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ.
D acu i t-id-yessawaḍen yiyi?
ⴰⵏⵉ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⴷⵉ ⵓⵙⴰⵔⴰⵡⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵍⵓ. ⴰⵏⵉ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⴷⵉ ⵓⵙⴰⵔⴰⵡⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ. ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⴰⵔ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⴷⵉ ⵓⵙⴰⵔⴰⵡⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ.
Acu ara xedmeɣ ass-a?
ⴰⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⵓⵏⵙⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⴷⵉ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵙⴰⵔ. ⴰⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ ⴰⵔ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⵓⵏⵙⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ.
📜 ⴼⴽⵉ ⵓⵏⴰⵡⴰⵏ (ⵡⴰⵏⴳ ⴱⵉ · ⵍⴰⵊ · ⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⴰⴷⴰⵏ)
Wang Bi (226–249 ⴽ.ⵉ.ⵙ)
信言不美，实在质也。美言不信，本在朴也。善者不辩，辩者不善。知者不博，博者不知。圣人不积，既以为人己愈有，既以与人己愈多。天之道，利而不害；圣人之道，为而不争。
James Legge (1891)
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it. The sage does not accumulate (for himself). The more that he expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have for himself.
AI Modern
ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⵉⵏⵎⵓⴳⵉⵙ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⴰⵔⴰⵡⵏ ⵉⴷⵔⵉⵎⵏ. ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵣ ⵉⴷⵔⵉⵎⵏ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⴰⵔⴰⵡⵏ ⵉⵏⵎⵓⴳⵉⵙ. ⴰⴽⵓⴷⵉⵙ ⵉⵏⵎⵓⴳⵉⵙ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ. ⴰⵡⴰⵔ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳ ⴰⵔ ⵉⴽⵓⴷⵉⵙ. ⴰⵏⴰⵡⵓⵙ ⵉⵏⵎⵓⴳⵉⵙ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⵔⵉⵔ. ⴰⵡⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵏⴰⵡⵓⵙ. ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳⵉ. ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔⵓⴳⵉ ⵉⵎⵓⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵏⵉ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵖⵔⵉ ⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵓⴳⵉⵍ.
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