Book 7: 《述而》 Shu Er (Transmission)
《述而》 Passage 7.36
子曰：「奢則不孫，儉則固。與其不孫也，寧固。」
Legge Translation (1861)
The Master said: "Extravagance leads to insubordination, and parsimony to meanness. It is better to be mean than to be insubordinate."