怨天尤人

怨天尤人

太公曰:知天者不怨天,知己者不怨人。夫不怨不尤,孔言之,孟子又方之。讀孔孟之書,而懷怨尤之意,何歟?其故皆由於生生之厚,所食不過果腹,而食前言丈未饜也;所居不過容膝,而大夏耽耽未足也。於是所賦於天者,常苦其不給而怨之矣;所求於人者,常患其不得而尤之矣。是以老子有言曰:事天治人莫若墻。

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