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Confucianism -> Lunheng -> 答佞 -> 2 - Parallel passages[More information]
问曰:“佞与贤者同材,材行宜钧,而佞人曷为独以情自败?”曰:富贵皆人所欲也,虽有君子之行,犹有饥渴之情。君子则以礼防情,以义割欲,故得循道,循道则无祸;小人纵贪利之欲,逾礼犯义,故进得苟佞,苟佞则有罪。夫贤者、君子也,佞人、小人也。君子与小人,本殊操异行,取舍不同。