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What do you mean by "water is far away and mountains are hard to believe"?

It means "the news came from far away, and it's hard to tell the truth from the truth."

This sentence inspires people not to believe news that they have not seen and heard with their own eyes.

The previous sentence is "fame and fortune are always empty", and the specific source is unknown.