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孟子曰：“饥者甘食，渴者甘饮，是未
得饮食之正也，饥渴害之也。岂惟口腹有饥
渴之害？人心亦皆有害。人能无以饥渴之害
为心害，则不及人不为忧矣。”
Mencius said, “The hungry think any food
sweet, and the thirsty think the same of any drink,
and thus they do not get the right taste of what
they eat and drink. The hunger and thirst, in fact,
injure their palate. And is it only the mouth and
belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s
minds are also injured by them. If a man can prevent
the evils of hunger and thirst from being any evils
to his mind, he need not have any sorrow about not
being equal to other men.”
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