過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂う – Vocabulary details

過あやまちて改あらためざる是これを過あやまちと謂いう

Expression

Proverb

1. a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake

from the Analects of Confucius

surpass something

reform

go with

so-called

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

now known as; renamed as; examination; inspection; investigation

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call

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