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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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How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.

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Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.

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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

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Bird in hand makes it harder to blow nose.

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Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.

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If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

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Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.

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Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

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The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.

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Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

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The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.

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The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.

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When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.

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Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

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When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.

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A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.

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At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was receptive to truth. At seventy, I could follow my heart's desires without sin.

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At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.

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