義ぎを見みてせざるは勇ゆうなきなり

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knowing what is right and not doing it is a lack of courage

A classical proverb from the Analects of Confucius, often quoted in formal or literary contexts to admonish moral inaction.

• 「義ぎを見みてせざるは勇ゆうなきなり」という言こと葉ばは、正ただしいと知しりながら行こう動どうしないことを戒いましめている。

  The saying 'knowing what is right and not doing it is a lack of courage' warns against failing to act when one knows what is right.