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To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

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Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.

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A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.

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

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Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me

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Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

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Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows.

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The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.

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You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?

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All people are the same; only their habits differ.

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

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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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Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

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The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

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The funniest people are the saddest once

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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

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The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?

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Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.

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Who contains himself goes seldom wrong.

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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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