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如此，富人有爵，農民有錢，粟有所渫。夫能入粟以受爵，皆有餘者也；取於有餘，以供上用，則貧民之賦可損，所謂損有餘補不足，令出而民利者也。順於民心，所補者三：一曰主用足，二曰民賦少，三曰勸農功。今令民有車騎馬一匹者，復卒三人。車騎者，天下武備也，故為復卒。神農之教曰：「有石城十仞，湯池百步，帶甲百萬，而亡粟，弗能守也。」以是觀之，粟者，王者大用，政之本務。令民入粟受爵至五大夫以上，乃復一人耳，此其與騎馬之功相去遠矣。爵者，上之所擅，出於口而亡窮；粟者，民之所種，生於地而不乏。夫得高爵與免罪，人之所甚欲也。使天下入粟於邊，以受爵免罪，不過三歲，塞下之粟必多矣。

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卷二十四·上 食·第15则

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守分安貧，何等清閑，而好事者，偏自尋煩惱 持盈保泰，總須忍讓，而恃強者，乃自取滅亡

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第137段（按原排版相邻两行合并）

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When any expensive machine is erected, the extraordinary work to be performed by it before it is worn out, it must be expected, will replace the capital laid out upon it, with at least the ordinary profits. A man educated at the expense of much labour and time to any of those employments which require extraordinary dexterity and skill, may be compared to one of those expensive machines. The work which he learns to perform, it must be expected, over and above the usual wages of common labour, will replace to him the whole expense of his education, with at least the ordinary profits of an equally valuable capital. It must do this too in a reasonable time, regard being had to the very uncertain duration of human life, in the same manner as to the more certain duration of the machine.

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Book I, Chapter X, paragraph 269

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衞公孫朝問於子貢曰：「仲尼焉學？」子貢曰：「文、武之道，未墜於地，在人。賢者識其大者，不賢者識其小者，莫不有文、武之道焉。夫子焉不學？而亦何常師之有？」

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子張第十九·十九之二二

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With all their pleasures the messenger boys were hard worked. Every other evening they were required to be on duty until the office closed, and on these nights it was seldom that I reached home before eleven o'clock. On the alternating nights we were relieved at six. This did not leave much time for self-improvement, nor did the wants of the family leave any money to spend on books. There came, however, like a blessing from above, a means by which the treasures of literature were unfolded to me.

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Chapter IV, excerpt 21

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