Arthur Waley (1889–1966) British academic
"Notes on Translation", in The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 202, No. 5 (November 1958), p. 109
“One ought to have the moral character and tolerance to forgive people’s weaknesses.”
— Bo Xilai
Source: Excerpts of letter to his first wife (14 July 1975)
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