人言可畏

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 76 (《詩經·鄭風·將仲子》):

仲可懷也，人之多言，亦可畏也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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仲可怀也，人之多言，亦可畏也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zhòng kě huái yě, rén zhī duō yán, yì kěwèi yě. [Pinyin]

You, O Zhong, are to be loved,
But the talk of people, Is also to be feared.

人言可畏

1. gossip is a fearful thing