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己に如かざる者を友とするなかれ；己に如かざる者を友とする勿れ
【おのれにしかざるものをともとするなかれ】

[exp] [proverb]
《from the Analects of Confucius》
▶ do not befriend those beneath you

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2.	A 2018-02-07 02:50:11 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2018-02-07 01:07:58 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	kojien, enwiktionary, daij https://books.google.com/books? id=wqym0cOd33MC&pg=PA106&dq=Do+not+befriend++confucius&hl=e n&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJ573tzZLZAhUQJKwKHdYLB7kQ6AEIMjAC#v=onep age&q=Do%20not%20befriend%20%20confucius&f=false
	Comments:	There's lots of translations of this into English. No one seems to dominate.

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