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Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

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In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

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To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.

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Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

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Not to converse with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To converse with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.

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The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

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Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.

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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.

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Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly

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The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

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The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.

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There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding pleasure in discussing the good points in the conduct of others, and finding pleasure in having many wise friends, these are advantageous. But finding pleasure in profligate enjoyments, finding pleasure in idle gadding about, and finding pleasure in feasting, these are injurious.

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Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows.

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The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

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The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

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The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.

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The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

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If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?

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