明覺禪師語錄 4.50

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或云：「火待日熱，風待月涼，北斗南星句不要儞道，留與後人貶剝。」代云：「一言已出，駟馬難追。」

Or he would say: "Fire waits for the sun to be hot; wind waits for the moon to be cool. The phrases of the Northern Dipper and the Southern Stars do not require you to speak them; leave them for later people to evaluate." Speaking on their behalf, he said: "Once a word has been uttered, a team of four horses cannot overtake it."