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Only the educated keep a steady heart without a secure livelihood; ordinary people without one will not

Drawn from what Mencius said

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  1. Mencius Confucian philosopher of the fourth century BCE
    They are only men of education, who, without a certain livelihood, are able to maintain a fixed heart. As to the people, if they have not a certain livelihood, they will be found not to have a fixed heart.

    Where this was said

    ↗The Sayings of Mencius, as compiled by his disciples (tr. James Legge, in Chinese Literature, 1900)gutenberg.org

    c. 400–301 BCE

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