Confucian Analects · Analects 15.28
The Master said, 'A man can enlarge the principles which he follows; those principles do not enlarge the man.'
Chinese · source text【廿八章】子曰、人能弘道、非道弘人。
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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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