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春間遠勞迂途枉顧，問證惓倦，此情何可當也！已期二三同志，更處靜地，扳留旬日，少效其鄙見，以求切劘之益，而公期俗絆，勢有不能，別去極怏怏，如有所失。忽承箋惠，反覆千餘言，讀之無甚浣慰。中間推許太過，蓋亦獎掖之盛心，而規礪真切，思欲納之於賢聖之域，又託諸崇一以致其勤勤懇懇之懷，此非深交篤愛，何以及是；知感知愧，且懼其無以堪之也。雖然，僕亦何敢不自鞭勉，而徒以感愧辭讓為乎哉！ 其謂「思、孟、周、程無意相遭於千載之下，與其盡信於天下，不若真信於一人。道固自在，學亦自在，天下信之不為多，一人信之不為少」者，斯固君子「不見是而無悶」之心，豈世之謭謭屑屑者知足以及之乎！乃僕之情，則有大不得已者存乎其間，而非以計人之信與不信也。 夫人者，天地之心，天地萬物本吾一體者也。生民之困苦荼毒，孰非疾痛之切於吾身者乎？不知吾身之疾痛，無是非之心者也。是非之心不慮而知，不學而能，所謂「良知」也。良知之在人心，無間於聖愚，天下古今之所同也。世之君子惟務其良知，則自能公是非，同好惡，視人猶己，視國猶家，而以天地萬物為一體，求天下無冶，不可得矣。古之人所以能見善不啻若己出，見惡不啻若己入，視民之飢溺猶己之飢溺，而一夫不獲，若己推而納諸溝中者，非故為是而以蘄天下之信己也，務致其良知求自慊而已矣。堯、舜、三王之聖，言而民莫不信者，致其良知而言之也，行而民莫不說者，致其良知而行之也。是以其民熙熙皞皞，殺之不怨，利之不庸，施及蠻貊，而凡有血氣者莫不尊親，為其良知之同也。嗚呼！聖人之治天下，何其簡且易哉！

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卷中·第179条

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子曰：「飯疏食，飮水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。不義而富且貴，於我如浮雲。」

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述而第七·七之十五

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Thus, in the assize of bread and ale, of the 51st of Henry III. the price of bread was regulated according to the different prices of wheat, from one shilling to twenty shillings the quarter of the money of those times. But in the manuscripts from which all the different editions of the statutes, preceding that of Mr Ruffhead, were printed, the copiers had never transcribed this regulation beyond the price of twelve shillings. Several writers, therefore, being misled by this faulty transcription, very naturally conclude that the middle price, or six shillings the quarter, equal to about eighteen shillings of our present money, was the ordinary or average price of wheat at that time.

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Book I, Chapter XI, paragraph 496

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徐子曰：「仲尼亟稱於水曰：『水哉！水哉！』何取於水也？」 孟子曰：「源泉混混，不舍晝夜，盈科而後進，放乎四海；有本者如是，是之取爾。茍為無本，七、八月之間雨集，溝澮皆盈；其涸也，可立而待也。故聲聞過情，君子恥之。」

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離婁下·18

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For example, over the last three years - generally a bonanza period for the insurance industry, our largest profit producer - Berkshire’s per share net worth virtually has doubled, thereby compounding at about 25% annually through a combination of good operating earnings and fairly substantial capital gains. Neither this 25% equity gain from all sources nor the 19.4% equity gain from operating earnings in 1978 is sustainable. The insurance cycle has turned downward in 1979, and it is almost certain that operating earnings measured by return on equity will fall this year. However, operating earnings measured in dollars are likely to increase on the much larger shareholders’ equity now employed in the business.

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1978 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 3

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