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If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

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There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

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

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In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

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To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

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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 one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.

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If your desire is for good, the people will be good.

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The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ.

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The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

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Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

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Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

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The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others.

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If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

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Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

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Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.

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Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.

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