Confucius:

The Master said, 'The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.'

— Confucius Ancient

Chinese philosopher, founder of Confucianism

Analects, Book XV, Chapter 31

c. 5th century BCE

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