Confucian Analects · Analects 19.8
Tsze-hsia said, 'The mean man is sure to gloss his faults.'
Chinese · source text【第八章】子夏曰、小人之過也、必文。
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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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