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The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

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Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go[3]

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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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Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

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Only one who bursts with enthusiasm do I instruct; Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and you do not come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.

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To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.

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I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

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Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

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Study the past if you want to define the future.

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Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.

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The Superior Man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.

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All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them. The smaller energies are like river currents; the greater energies are seen in mighty transformations. It is this which makes heaven and earth so great.

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By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

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Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.

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

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Rotten wood cannot be carved.

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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

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He who sling mud, lose ground.

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There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

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If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

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