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大夫曰：「挾管仲之智者，非為廝役之使也。懷陶朱之慮者，不居貧困之處。文學能言而不能行，居下而訕上，處貧而非富，大言而不從，高厲而行卑，誹譽訾議，以要名采善於當世。夫祿不過秉握者，不足以言治，家不滿檐石者，不足以計事。儒皆貧羸，衣冠不完，安知國家之政，縣官之事乎？何鬥辟造陽也！」

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卷4·地廣第十六·第5则

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問：「聖人生知、安行，是自然的，如何有甚功夫？」 先生曰：「知、行二字，即是功夫，但有淺深難易之殊耳。良知原是精精明明的，如欲孝親，生知、安行的只是依此良知實落盡孝而已，學知、利行者只是時時省覺，務要依此良知盡孝已；至於困知、勉行者，蔽錮已深，雖要依此良知去孝，又為私欲所阻，是以不能，必須加人一己百、人十己千之功，方能依此真知以盡其孝。聖人雖是生知、安行，然其心不敢自是，肯做困知、勉行的功夫。困知、勉行的卻要思量做生知、安行的事，怎生成得？」

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卷下·第291条

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文學曰：「春秋『王者無敵。』言其仁厚，其德美，天下賓服，莫敢交也。德行延及方外，舟車所臻，足跡所及，莫不被澤。蠻、貊異國，重譯自至。方此之時，天下和同，君臣一德，外內相信，上下輯睦。兵設而不試，干戈閉藏而不用。老子曰：『兕無所用其角，螫蟲無所輸其毒。』故君仁莫不仁，君義莫不義。世安得跖、蹻而親之乎？」

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卷8·世務第四十七·第4则

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夫輕重彊弱之形，諸侯合則彊，孤則弱。驥之材而百馬伐之，驥必罷矣。彊最一伐而天下共之，國必弱矣。彊國得之也以收小，其失之也以恃彊。小國得之也以制節，其失之也以離彊。夫國小大有謀，彊弱有形。服近而彊遠，王國之形也。合小以攻大，敵國之形也。以負海攻負海，中國之形也。折節事彊以避罪，小國之形也。自古以至今，未嘗有能先作難，違時易形，以立功名者，無有。常先作難，違時易形，無不敗者也。夫欲臣伐君，正四海者，不可以兵獨攻而取也。必先定謀慮，便地形，利權稱，親與國。視時而動，王者之術也。夫先王之伐也，舉之必義，用之必暴，相形而知可，量力而知攻，攻得而知時。是故先王之伐也，必先戰而後攻，先攻而後取地。故善攻者，料衆以攻衆，料食以攻食，料備以攻備。以衆攻衆，衆存不攻。以食攻食，食存不攻。以備攻備，備存不攻。釋實而攻虛，釋堅而攻膬，釋難而攻易。夫搏國不在敦古，理世不在善攻，霸王不在成曲。夫舉失而國危，刑過而權倒，謀易而禍反，計得而彊信，功得而名從，權重而令行，固其數也。夫爭彊之國，必先爭謀、爭刑、爭權。令人主一喜一怒者，謀也。令國一輕一重者，刑也。令兵一進一退者，權也。故精於謀，則人主之願可得，而令可行也。精於刑，則大國之地可奪，彊國之兵可圉也。精於權，則天下之兵可齊，諸侯之君可朝也。夫神聖視天下之刑，知世之所謀，知兵之所攻，知地之所歸，知令之所加矣。夫兵攻所憎而利之，此鄰國之所不親也。權動所惡，而實寡歸者，彊。擅破一國，彊在後世者，王。擅破一國，彊在鄰國者，亡。

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第23篇霸言·第6则

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They told us we could not cast gray iron by our endless chain method and I believe there is a record of failures. But we are doing it. The man who carried through our work either did not know or paid no attention to the previous figures. Likewise we were told that it was out of the question to pour the hot iron directly from the blast furnace into mould. The usual method is to run the iron into pigs, let them season for a time, and then remelt them for casting. But at the River Rouge plant we are casting directly from cupolas that are filled from the blast furnaces. Then, too, a record of failures--particularly if it is a dignified and well-authenticated record--deters a young man from trying. We get some of our best results from letting fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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Chapter V, excerpt 57

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