“To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”

— Confucius

The Analects, Chapter I, Chapter II
Variant: To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
Context: To worship to other than one's own ancestral spirits is brown-nosing. If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
Variant To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.

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非其鬼而祭之，諂也。見義不為，無勇也。

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Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551–-479 BC

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