For the sake of a family an individual may be sacrificed ; for the sake of a village a family may be sacrificed; for the sake of a nation a village may be sacrificed; for the sake of one's self the world may be sacrificed.
为了一个家庭，可以牺牲一个人；为了一个村庄，可以牺牲一个家庭；为了一个国家，可以牺牲一个村庄；而一个人为了自己，可以牺牲全世界。

——Panchatantra, fifth century A. D.
——《五卷书》