Confucius
Things have their root and branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the way.
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Things have their root and branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the way. - Confucius quote

Things have their root and branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the way.

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Confucius

Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

551 - 479BC