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大夫曰：「事不豫辯，不可以應卒。內無備，不可以禦敵。《詩》云：『誥爾民人，謹爾侯度，用戒不虞。』故有文事，必有武備。昔宋襄公信楚而不備，以取大辱焉，身執囚而國幾亡。故雖有誠信之心，不知權變，危亡之道也。春秋不與夷、狄之執中國，為其無信也。匈奴貪狼，因時而動，乘可而發，飆舉電至。而欲以誠信之心，金帛之寶，而信無義之詐，是猶親跖、蹻而扶猛虎也。」

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卷8·世務第四十七·第3则

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山高而不崩，則祈羊至矣。淵深而不涸，則沈玉極矣。天不變其常，地不易其則，春秋冬夏不更其節，古今一也。蛟龍得水而神可立也，虎豹託幽而威可載也，風雨無鄉而怨怒不及也。貴有以行令，賤有以忘卑，壽夭貧富無徒歸也。銜命者，君之尊也；受辭者，名之運也。

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第02篇形勢·第1则

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桓公問治民於管子。管子對曰：「凡牧民者，必知其疾，而憂之以德，勿懼以罪，勿止以力，慎此四者，足以治民也。」桓公曰：「寡人睹其善也，何以爲寡也？」管仲對曰：「夫寡非有國者之患也。昔者天子中立，地方千里，四言者該焉，何爲其寡也？夫牧民不知其疾，則民疾；不憂以德，則民多怨；懼之以罪，則民多詐；止之以力，則往者不反，來者鷙距。故聖王之牧民也，不在其多也。」桓公曰：「善。勿已，如是又何以行之？」管仲對曰：「質信極忠，嚴以有禮，慎此四者，所以行之也。」桓公曰：「請聞其說。」管子對曰：「信也者，民信之。忠也者，民懷之。嚴也者，民畏之。禮也者，民美之。語曰：『澤命不渝，信也。非其所欲，勿施於人，仁也。堅中外正，嚴也。質信以讓，禮也。』」桓公曰：「善哉！牧民何先？」管子對曰：「有時先事，有時先政，有時先德，有時先恕。飄風暴雨，不爲人害，涸旱不爲民患。百川道，年穀熟，糴貸賤，禽獸與人聚食民食，民不疾疫，當此時也，民富且驕。牧民者，厚收善歲，以充倉廩，禁藪澤，此謂先之以事。隨之以刑，敬之以禮樂，以振其淫，此謂先之以政。飄風暴雨爲民害，涸旱爲民患，年穀不熟，歲飢糴貸貴，民疾疫，當此時也，民貧且罷。牧民者，發倉廩，山林藪澤以共其財，後之以事，先之以恕，以振其罷，此謂先之以德。其收之也，不奪民財。其施之也，不失有德。富上而足下，此聖王之至事也。」桓公曰：「善。」

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第51篇小問·第2则

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Understanding that Colonel French had brought on board the governor's despatches, I ask'd the captain for those letters that were to be under my care. He said all were put into the bag together and he could not then come at them; but, before we landed in England, I should have an opportunity of picking them out; so I was satisfied for the present, and we proceeded on our voyage. We had a sociable company in the cabin, and lived uncommonly well, having the addition of all Mr. Hamilton's stores, who had laid in plentifully. In this passage Mr. Denham contracted a friendship for me that continued during his life. The voyage was otherwise not a pleasant one, as we had a great deal of bad weather.

Source： https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
Excerpt 19

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By itself, this figure says nothing about economic performance. To evaluate that, we must know how much total capital - debt and equity - was needed to produce these earnings. Debt plays an insignificant role at our seven units: Their net interest expense in 1987 was only $2 million. Thus, pre-tax earnings on the equity capital employed by these businesses amounted to $178 million. And this equity - again on an historical-cost basis - was only $175 million.

Source： https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1987.html
1987 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 3

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