Hate the sin not the sinner
Posted on 02. Jul, 2008 @ 1:19 pm by harvey in Culture, Language
I was playing my Kanji Kentei 2 DS game (great review on Naruhodo) the other day and noticed this interesting sentence while being tested on how to write the Kanji 罪 (tsumi).
罪を憎んで人を憎まず。(tsumi wo nikunde hito wo nikumazu)
It translates to, “hate the sin, not the sinner.”
「罪」
I love it when proverbs match up.
- Harvey
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Alex
Jul 2nd, 2008
at 19:26
I wonder if there’s an ancient confucian proverb for, “Hate the game, not the player.”
Harvey
Jul 2nd, 2008
at 23:28
Haaha, I love that line Alex!