Monday, Aug. 6, 148

Do not quarrel with others, for heaven abhors it. People who do not know you vilify you. Were you to vilify them in return, you would be the greater fool.

남과 시비하지 말라. 하늘이 싫어하느니라.
나를 모르는 자가 나를 헐뜯나니 내가 같이 헐뜯음으로 갚으면 나는 더욱 어리석은 자가 되느니라.
- English Dojeon 8:37:1-2 -

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quarrel [kwɔ́ːrəl] 싸우다, 다투다
abhor [æbhɔ́ːr] 몹시 싫어하다 
If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons.
vilify [vílǝfài] …을 헐뜯다
If you are vilified by someone, they say or write very unpleasant things about you, so that people will have a low opinion of you.
in return (~에 대한) 반응으로
fool [fuːl] 바보