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If I can attain wealth and honor just because I pursue them, then even a cart-driver could be a successful man; but if I can’t attain wealth and honor even thou I restlessly pursue them, I’d prefer to do what I really like. I hate weeds that resemble grain.
If I can attain wealth and honor just because I pursue them, then even a cart-driver could be a successful man; but if I can’t attain wealth and honor even thou I restlessly pursue them, I’d prefer to do what I really like. I hate weeds that resemble grain.
Approximate author period: c. 515 BC · ancient
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- Confucius (traditional attribution)
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- Approximate author period: c. 515 BC · ancient
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Supplied reference B; unit 1056; PDF page 118; printed attribution: Kong Zhongni or Confucius
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