Source: The Analects of Confucius and Yang Huo.
Original sentence: Confucius said: "Only the superior knows the next fool."
Confucius said, "Only first-class wise men and second-rate fools will not give up halfway."
"Wise" refers to a noble and wise person; A "fool" refers to a humble and stupid person who is firm and does not change his original intention. See "poor and motionless". When the world sees the easy road, it gives up the road it is already taking, thinking that it is smarter than the next fool, but it doesn't know that the best wise man will not give up halfway.
Extended data
Yang Huo from The Analects is selected from Chapter 17 of The Analects.
This chapter ***26. Among them, the famous sentences are: "Sex is similar, learning is far away"; "Kamiuchi, there is a fool"; "A gentleman is brave and unscrupulous for chaos, while a villain is brave and unscrupulous for stealing"; "It's hard to raise a female villain."
This paper introduces Confucius' moral education thought, Confucius' further explanation of benevolence, the problem of losing parents for three years, and the difference between a gentleman and a villain.