It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
【译文】 孔子说:“君子和睦相处而不同流合污,小人同流合污而不能和睦相处。”
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.