Confucian Analects · Analects 7.32
The Master said, 'In letters I am perhaps equal to other men, but the character of the superior man, carrying out in his conduct what he professes, is what I have not yet attained to.'
Chinese · source text【卅二章】子曰、文、莫吾猶人也、躬行君子、則吾未之有得。
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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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