“"I will rather I wronged all the people under the heavens than for all the people under the heavens to wrong me."”

—  Cao Cao

Statement to Chen Gong after falsely killing Lü Boshe and his household. Source: Romance of the Three Kingdoms. An adaptation of the Sanguo Zhi new 2010.
likely intentional misquote by the novel of the quote「宁我负人，毋人负我」above to add character to the story.
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「宁可我负天下人，休叫天下人负我。」

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