The saying is actually taken from the Confucian Analects. 这句话实际上是摘自《孔子·语》。
Many basis values of the Chinese are well explained in the Analects of Confucius. 1、 中国人民许多基本价值观念在孔子的论语中得到很好的阐述。
There are some wrongs in the annotation of the book New Interpretation of The Analects. 但是,在本书的译文部分有不少释义不当的地方。
analects
[ noun ] a collection of excerpts from a literary work <noun.communication>
Analects \An"a*lects\ ([a^]n"[.a]*l[e^]kts), ||Analecta \An`a*lec"ta\ ([a^]n`[.a]*l[e^]k"t[.a]), n. pl. [Gr. 'ana`lekta fr. 'anale`gein to collect; 'ana` + le`gein to gather.] A collection of literary fragments. ※ ||