《列子·说符》
你们的道理与我们相同，而结果却与我们不同，是违背时宜的缘故，不是行为的错误。
子道与吾同，而功与吾异，失时者也，非行之谬也。
Your reasoning is same as ours, but the result is different from ours. This is because you go against the occasion, not because your behavior is wrong.