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A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

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When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

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If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

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While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death

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The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?

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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.

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To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

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The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.

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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

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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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The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.

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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.

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The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.

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Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.

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The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

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Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

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To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

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

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