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I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.

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The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.

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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

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Don't use cannon to kill musquito.

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Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

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The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

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If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?

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The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

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While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

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If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.

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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

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Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.

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Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

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Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.

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Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

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The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.

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An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

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Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

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Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

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