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学びて思わざれば則ち罔し、思いて学ばざれば則ち殆し。 - 孔子 (紀元前551? - 前479): 『論語』為政
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Learning without thought is labor [labour] lost; thought without learning is perilous. - Confucius (551? - 479B.C.): Lun Yü [The Analects (of Confucius)]
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