The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.

仁者先難而後獲、可謂仁矣。

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles Success

Speaker

Confucius

Source

Analects

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

Occupation

Philosopher

From

China Asia

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Original Citation

Confucius. The Analects. 6th century B. C., bk. 6, ch. 22.

Current Citation

Confucius. The Analects [Lunyu]. Translated by Annping Chin. Penguin, 2014, bk. 6, ch. 22.

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