“Leaving virtue without proper cultivation; not thoroughly discussing what is learned; not being able to move towards righteousness of which a knowledge is gained; and not being able to change what is not good: — these are the things which occasion me solicitude.”

—  Confucius

Source: The Analects, Other chapters

Original

德之不修,學之不講,聞義不能徒,不善不能改,是吾憂也。

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