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17 杂言下:
或曰:“耻者,其志者乎?”曰,“未也。夫志者,自然由人,何耻之有?赴谷必坠,失水必溺,人见之也;赴穽必陷,失道必沈,人不见之也,不察之。故君子慎乎所不察。不闻大论则志不弘,不听至言则心不固。思唐虞于上世,瞻仲尼于中古,而知夫小道者之足羞也;想伯夷于首阳,省四皓于商山,而知夫秽志者之足耻也;存张骞于西极,念苏武于朔垂,而知怀闾室者之足鄙也。推斯类也,无所不至矣。德比于上,欲比于下。德比于上,故知耻;欲比于下,故知足。耻而知之,则圣贤其可几;知足而已,则固陋其可安也。圣贤斯几,况其为慝乎?固陋斯安,况其为侈乎?是谓有检。纯乎纯哉,其上也,其次得概而已矣。莫匪概也,得其概,苟无邪,斯可矣。君子四省其身,怒不乱德,喜不义也。”

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