Moral force never dwells in solitude; it will always bring neighbors. — Confucius · Skopia

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Moral force never dwells in solitude; it will always bring neighbors.

In the original Chinese

德不孤、必有邻。

Analects · 221 BC

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Moral progress Social phenomena Interconnectedness of all people

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Philosophical literature

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221 BC Ancient World

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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Original citation

Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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