“But exceed! exceed!”
II:70-71.
The Book of the Law (1904)
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James Legge translation.
Variant translations: The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.
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“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
Bk. 14, Ch. 29 (p. 208)
Translations, The Confucian Analects