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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

— Confucius Misattributed Mohammed Sirajul Islam (1967)

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In fact this is a Chinese saying by a Confucian scholar from the Ming Dynasty, 焦竑 (Jiao Hong) (1540—1620)《玉堂丛语》卷五: 宁为有瑕玉,不作无瑕石。

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Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.

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