551–479 BC
Confucius
An official without an office who taught all his life and published nothing. What we have of him was written down by others.
“He who makes a mistake and does not correct it commits a second one.”
Confucius · Analects
“It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.”
Confucius · Analects
The Analects, public domain. English rendering made for this site.