Confucian Analects · Analects 17.26
The Master said, 'When a man at forty is the object of dislike, he will always continue what he is.'
Chinese · source text【廿六章】子曰、年四十而見惡焉、其終也已。
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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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