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When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment.

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You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?

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Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.

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There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

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Study the past, if you would divine the future.

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Humanity is the equity of the heart.

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Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.

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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

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If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

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The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

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If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.

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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

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To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

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

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Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.

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It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

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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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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

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The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.

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Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

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