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When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

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A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.

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The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

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Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

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From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

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Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.

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The man who loves his job never works a day in his life.

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There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

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Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.

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He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.

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Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

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Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.

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Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

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A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.

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If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

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Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

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When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.

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The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.

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Labor, but slight not meditation; meditate, but slight not labor.

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