“不憤不啟；不悱不發。擧一隅，不以三隅反，則不復也。”

“不憤不啟；不悱不發。擧一隅，不以三隅反，則不復也。”

— Confucius

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Title: Wikiquote: Confucius
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I do not open up the truth to one who is not eager to get knowledge, nor help out any one who is not anxious to explain himself. When I have presented one corner of a subject to any one, and he cannot from it learn the other three, I do not repeat my lesson.

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Confucius. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Confucius. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Confucius

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