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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 4: Book IV: LE JIN

Analects of Confucius 4.14

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘A man should say, I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.’

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