Confucian Analects · Analects 17.3
The Master said, 'There are only the wise of the highest class, and the stupid of the lowest class, who cannot be changed.'
Chinese · source text【第三章】子曰、唯上知與下愚不移。
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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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