“There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.”

—  Confucius

Book XVII, Chapter VIII.
Source: The Analects, Other chapters

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

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