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

Analects of Confucius 4.2

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

The Master said, ‘Those who are without virtue cannot abide long either in a condition of poverty and hardship, or in a condition of enjoyment. The virtuous rest in virtue; the wise desire virtue.’

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