Confucian Analects · Analects 14.7
The Master said, 'Superior men, and yet not always virtuous, there have been, alas! But there never has been a mean man, and, at the same time, virtuous.'
Chinese · source text【第七章】子曰、君子而不仁者有矣夫、未有小人而仁者也。
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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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