I for my part am not one of those who have innate knowledge. I am simply one who loves… — Confucius
I for my part am not one of those who have innate knowledge. I am simply one who loves the past and who is diligent in investigating it.
In the original Chinese
我非生而知之者、好古、敏以求之者也。
Analects · 221 BC
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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.
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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.