The Master said, 'Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Have no friends not equal to yourself. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.'

Chinese philosopher, founder of Confucianism

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Analects, Book IX, Chapter 24

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c. 5th century BCE

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