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. to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err

from the Analects of Confucius

surpass something

reform

go with

so-called

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

former (e.g. name); previous; changed; 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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