A Gauge of Self-Cultivation: “Poor Without Complaint is Hard; Rich Without Arrogance is Easy”

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Confucius said: “To be poor without complaint is difficult; to be rich without arrogance is easier.”

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

贫而无怨难，富而无骄易。

Source: The Analects, Xian Wen XIV, Chapter 10

Author: Confucius

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