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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.

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A man of wisdom delights in water.

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

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

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A picture is poem without words.

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An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.

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Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.

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If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.

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In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

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When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.

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A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

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The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)

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He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.

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They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

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If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

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

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A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.

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To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

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