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There is a saying said to be by Confucius, 'A man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever', or similar wording. Is this really by Confucius or is it fake?

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Sounds like Chop Suey Confucius to me.

 

Maybe a bastardization of 子曰、不曰 如之何、如之何者、吾末如之何也已矣。

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Yes, I am aware this is all over the Web, but so are a lot of fake quotes, which is why I'm asking. 

Thanks for the chop Suey, 889. As far as I can make sense of your original, that would be a big leap! I got as far as "Confucius said..."

 

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The Zhuangzi has a set of spurious conversations with Confucius so making up quotes from yer man has quite the history.

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