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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.

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The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.

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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.

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The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

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Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

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Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.

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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

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I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

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As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.

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

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In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

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Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.

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The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

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The person of benevolence never worries.

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It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.

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A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.

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The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ.

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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

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