Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Source: The Analects, Other chapters
“Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves
Of their bad influence, and their good receives.”
Source: Character of the Happy Warrior http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww302.html (1806), Line 17.
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