“Man has three ways of acting wisely. First, on meditation; that is the noblest. Secondly, on imitation ; that is the easiest. Thirdly, on experience ; that is the bitterest. The Analects , as reported in Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (1997), p. 279”
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