Confucian Analects · Analects 7.21
The Master said, 'When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.'
Chinese · source text【廿一章】子曰、三人行、必有我師焉、擇其善者而從之、其不善者而改之。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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