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持而盈之，不如其已； 揣而梲之，不可長保。 金玉滿堂，莫之能守； 富貴而驕，自遺其咎。 功遂身退，天之道。

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王弼本·九章

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子曰：「驥不稱其力，稱其德也。」

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憲問第十四·十四之三五

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「古者，明器有形無實，示民不可用也。及其後，則有醯醢之藏，桐馬偶人彌祭，其物不備。今厚資多藏，器用如生人。郡國繇吏，素桑楺偶車櫓輪，匹夫無貌領，桐人衣紈綈。

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卷6·散不足第二十九·第26则

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上聞右庶子張玄素在東宮數諫爭，擢為銀青光祿大夫，行左庶子。太子嘗於宮中擊鼓，玄素叩閣切諫；太子出其鼓，對玄素毀之。太子久不出見官屬，玄素諫曰：「朝廷選俊賢以輔至德，今動經時月，不見宮臣，將何以裨益萬一！且宮中唯有婦人，不知有能如樊姬者乎？」太子不聽。

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卷195·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之上貞觀十四年（庚子，公元六四零年）·第33则

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Berkshire’s past rates of gain in both book value and business value were achieved under circumstances far different from those that now exist. Anyone ignoring these differences makes the same mistake that a baseball manager would were he to judge the future prospects of a 42-year-old center fielder on the basis of his lifetime batting average.

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1988 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 2

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