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Being contented is not humiliating, knowing is stopping is not perilous. ——"Laozi"

If you are content, you will be happy; if you are greedy, you will be worried. ——(Lin Bu's "Records of Saving Hearts"

Those who are content are always satisfied, and those who are dissatisfied are not satisfied. ——(Jin Dynasty) Ge Hong's "Baopuzi·Zhizhi"

Those who are content are poor and humble, but those who are dissatisfied are also worried. - (Song Dynasty) Lin Bu's "Xing Xin Lu"

If a son uses his private way, his family will be in trouble, and if his ministers use his private way, his country will be in danger. - "Warring States Policy"

Eating vegetable roots has a mild taste, and keeping the king's law is not surprising in dreams - "Family Governance Motto"

Being greedy will lead to greed, and greed will lead to seeking people. , people also seek their own interests. ——"Zuo Zhuan - The Fourteenth Year of Xuangong"

It is better to pick tea from the mountains than drink wine from the flower streets. ——"Government Proverbs"

Things follow one's heart, and one's heart follows one's desires. If one's desires are uncontrolled, his actions will be unknowable. ——"Lu Shi Chun Qiu"

Those who are greedy are evil. Fundamentally; those who have few desires are the foundation of all good things. ——(Famous sayings about desire. Ming Dynasty) Wang Tingxiang's "Shenyan·Information"

Nothing in the world is greater than the absence of desires; the world's misfortune is nothing. It is greater than being dissatisfied. ——(Jin) Fu Xuan's "Fu Zi - Qu Zhi Pian"

Don't act arrogantly; misfortunes and fortunes will come to you. ——"Proverbs Lian Bi"

For the true cause of government and power; a man who prohibits corruption and abstains from sexual desire. ——"Bang Yan Lian Bi"

If you don't have a desire for speed, you will not achieve anything. Then great things will fail. ——"The Analects"

If you are not satisfied with things, you will look forward to Shu when you get to Long. ——(Famous sayings about desire, Tang Dynasty) Li Bai's "Ancient Style"

One thought. Negligence is a wrong start; breaking up with one thought is a mistake to the end. ——"Proverbs Lian Bi"

If you have more desires, evil will prevail. ——"Famous Quotes about Desire"

If you want to be righteous, if you govern the body, you will suffer from heaven; if you govern the country, you will perish. ——"Lu Shi Chun Qiu"

Desire but not know how to stop. Lose the reason for your desire; have it but not be satisfied, and you will lose. The reason is - "Historical Records·Biography of Fan Juze"