Tā xiāngxìn shìfēizìyǒugōnglùn, suǒyǐ cóng bù wèi zìjǐ biànhù.
He believes the public will sort out the truth, so he never defends himself.
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The phrase comes from 《世说新语·品藻》 (Liu Yiqing, 5th c.): asked who was the better of two officials, Wang Dao replied 噫！其自有公论 ("Bah! There’s already a public verdict on that"). The classical line was later expanded to today’s six-character form.
