Confucius:

The Master said, 'The superior man is universally benevolent, and not partisan. The mean man is partisan, and not universally benevolent.'

— Confucius Ancient

Chinese philosopher, founder of Confucianism

Analects, Book XV, Chapter 21

c. 5th century BCE

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