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The Analects [論語, 论语, Lúnyǔ], Book 17, verse 26 (17.26) (6th C. BC - AD 3rd C.) [tr. Lau (1979)] - Confucius | WIST Quotations
If by the age of forty a man is still disliked there is no hope for him. [年四十而見惡焉、其終也已。] (Source (Chinese)). Alternate translations: When a man at forty is the object of dislike, he will always continue what he is. [tr. Legge (1861)] When a man meets with odium at forty,…