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A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

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I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.

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

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Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.

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Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

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When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn.

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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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Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.

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A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.

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A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.

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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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If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

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Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

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A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

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The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

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Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

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The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the real Way.

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Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

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All things are already complete in oneself.

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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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