Confucian Analects · Analects 7.36
The Master said, 'The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.'
Chinese · source text【卅六章】子曰、君子坦蕩蕩、小人長戚戚。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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