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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 9: Book IX: TSZE HAN

Analects of Confucius 9.24

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Have no friends not equal to yourself. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.’

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