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Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

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If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

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If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

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A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.

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If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

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

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When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.

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Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!

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There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

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Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance

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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

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The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

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The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

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Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.

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Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

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Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

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If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?

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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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A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

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