When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
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ConfuciusAnalects, Book I, tr. James Legge
About Confucius
Chinese teacher and philosopher whose sayings were collected in the Analects. (551-479 BC)
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- Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.Analects, Book II, tr. James Legge
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