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渇(かっ)しても盗泉(とうせん)の水(みず)を飲(の)まず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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      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 【かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず】

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