A line from China
A small living planet you can hold.
When you know a thing, hold that you know it; when you do not, admit that you do not. That is knowing.
知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也。
孔子
Chinese teacher and philosopher · 551 BCE–479 BCE
Born in Zou, near Qufu, Shandong, China
Analects, 2.17
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)