Confucian Analects · Analects 14.11
The Master said, 'To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.'
Chinese · source text【十一章】子曰、貧而無怨、難、富而無驕、易。
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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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