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Comment author: MichaelGR 03 December 2010 05:40:15PM *  25 points [-]

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

-Confucius

Comment author: gwern 12 December 2010 03:33:38AM 0 points [-]

From the Analects, although I can't seem to narrow it down any further. (There are a lot of ways to translate things.)

Comment author: topynate 12 December 2010 03:50:58AM 0 points [-]

Chapter 15, verse 30.

Comment author: gwern 12 December 2010 04:20:10AM *  0 points [-]

I think you may need to specify translation or edition; eg. I don't see anything similar in http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Analects/Section_3#Part_15

Comment author: topynate 12 December 2010 04:30:19AM 1 point [-]

That would be:

The Master said, "To have faults and not to reform them,-this, indeed, should be pronounced having faults."

The verse number may differ slightly between versions: on this site it's verse 29.

Comment author: FAWS 12 December 2010 04:38:32AM 0 points [-]

It's translated as

The Master said, "To have faults and not to reform them,-this, indeed, should be pronounced having faults."

there. The wikisource/Legge translation is more literal, but I'm not sure it's better.

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