人而无信，不知其可 (人而無信，不知其可) rén ér wú xìn, bù zhī qí kě

rén ér wú xìn, bù zhī qí kě phrase if a person is not trustworthy, I do not know how they can get on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Book 2 為政 Wei Zheng of the 論語 “Analects of Confucius” (Legge 1861, vol. 1, Confucian Analects, p. 17; Guoyu '人而無信不知其可')