与其练达 不若朴鲁

原文：涉世浅，点染亦浅；历事深，机械亦深。故君子与其练达，不若朴鲁；与其曲谨，不若疏狂。

今译：一个刚刚涉足社会的人，阅历不深，受到不良习气的影响也少；而阅历丰富的人，各种机巧诡诈也很多。所以，一个坚守道德准则的君子，与其过于圆滑世故，不如朴实笃厚；与其谨小慎微曲意迎合，不如坦荡大度。

胡兴文英译： A man with but scanty experience of life will likewise be only slightly stained with social evils; a man with much experience of life will be brimming with cunning and craft accordingly. Therefore, it is better for a man of integrity to be sincere than to be sophisticated, and to be passionate than to be prudent.