過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 過則勿憚改.

Proverb

過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ (hiragana あやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ, romaji ayamachite wa sunawachi aratamuru ni habakaru koto nakare)

1. When making a mistake, do not be afraid to correct it. Be quick to amend one's wrongs.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.