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Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

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The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.

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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

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You cannot open a book without learning something.

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Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.

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We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women.

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If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.

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Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

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True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

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Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.

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But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?

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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

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Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

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The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

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The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.

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The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

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A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.

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What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.

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Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

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Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

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