The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze wh…

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The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief. ✨ Confucius (1907). The Sayings of Confucius
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The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief. ✨ Confucius (1907). The Sayings of Confucius

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