"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
Confucius, 551 – 479 BC
Who was this smart man? I would very much like to ask him how I can stop falling into the third category. Pity time travel is not an everyday reality or I would be off to the closest machine, with my Mandarin and Cantonese phrase books under arm and jettisoning myself back to his doorstep.
Although I do think it ironic that his philosphy was called Confucianism.
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