Superior men, and yet not always virtuous, there have been, alas! But there never has been a mean man, and, at the same time, virtuous.
君子而不仁者有矣夫，未有小人而仁者也。
Source: The Analects, Xian Wen XIV, Chapter 6
Author: Confucius
A Defining Boundary: “A Superior Man May Lack Benevolence, But a Mean Man Never Possesses It”
