Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will… — Sima Qian
Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.
109 BC
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Suma Qian. Records of the Grand Historian of China, translated by Burton Watson. Vol. 2, Columbia University Press, 1961, ch. 118.
Original citation
Suma Quin. Written sometime around c. 110 BC.
