Confucian Analects · Analects 15.30
The Master said, 'I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping:-- occupied with thinking. It was of no use. The better plan is to learn.'
Chinese · source text【三十章】子曰、吾嘗終日不食、終夜不寢、以思、無益、不如學也。
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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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