渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず (かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず) — better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth

渇かっしても盗とうせ泉んの水みずを飲のまず

better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth

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かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず

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better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth, don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are, refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty

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渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず

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