不以辞害志

bù yǐ cí hài zhì

don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

不

bù

no; not so

以

yǐ

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

辞

cí

old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]

害

hài

to do harm to

志

zhì

sign