To learn something and regularly practice it -- is it not a joy? To have schoolfellows come from distant states -- is it not a pleasure? Not to blame when men do not accept you -- is it not like a gentleman? - Confucius (551? - 479B.C.): Lun Yü [The Analects (of Confucius)] (trans. by Kô Shyôrin (1958 - ))
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（子曰く、）学びて時にこれを習う、また説ばしからずや。朋有り遠方より来たる、また楽しからずや。人知らずして慍みず［慍らず］、また君子ならずや。 - 孔子 (紀元前551? - 前479): 『論語』学而
/ (［（漢）学而時習之、不亦説乎。有朋自遠方来、不亦楽乎。人不知而不慍、不亦君子乎。］)
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