The Cost of Petty Gains: “Eyeing Small Advantage Ruins Great Affairs”

By / / great affairs, sacrifice, small gains, strategy, The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Zi Lu XIII Chapter 17
Confucius said: “Focusing on small gains ruins great enterprises.”

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

见小利，则大事不成。

Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 17

Author: Confucius

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