Confucian Analects · Analects 15.11
The Master said, 'If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.'
Chinese · source text【十一章】子曰、人無遠慮、必有近憂。
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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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