To err and not correct it -- that is the real error.
過而不改、是謂過矣

Philosophers
Confucius
Born c. 551 BCE in Lu, Confucius built a moral system on ren, li, and xiao. The Analects became East Asia's intellectual bedrock, shaping ethics across the civilization sphere for twenty-five centuries.
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Confucius's Other Quotes
Knowing it is less than loving it; loving it is less than delighting in it.
When three walk together, one is surely my teacher. I follow what is good and correct what is not.
The exemplary person demands it of himself; the petty person demands it of others.
I transmit but do not create; I trust in and love the ancients.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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