Confucian Analects · Analects 13.26
The Master said, 'The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.'
Chinese · source text【廿六章】子曰、君子泰而不驕、小人驕而不泰。
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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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