Confucian Analects · Analects 15.34
The Master said, 'Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.'
Chinese · source text【卅四章】子曰、民之於仁也、甚於水火、水火吾見蹈而死者矣、未見蹈仁而死者也。
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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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