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[proverb]
《from The Analects of Confucius》 ▶ the virtuous man will not long remain lonely |
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Refs: | daij enwiktionary kojien saito chujiten (as "徳は孤ならず") |
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Comments: | as always with quotes based in Confucius: there's a whole lot of English translations about, e.g. "The virtuous man is not alone; his virtues will ever be his companions" "The virtuous man is not alone; he will always have neighbors." "Virtue is never alone; it always has neighbors" or in Thoreau's Walden(!), as "Virtue does not remain as an abandoned orphan; it must of necessity have neighbors" |