• The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

    Confucius: The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.
    James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.228