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Confucius
Confucius@confucius Β· c. 479 BC

I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it. He who hated what was not virtuous would practice virtue in such a way that he would not allow anything unvirtuous to approach his person.

β€” Analects, 4.6 β€” on the rarity of true virtue

Ancient China

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