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If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

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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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Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.

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He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

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All things are already complete in oneself.

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A picture is poem without words.

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Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.

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Reviewing the day's lessons. Isn't it joyful? Friends come from far. Isn't it delightful? One has never been angry at other's misunderstanding. Isn't he a respectable man?

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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.

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A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.

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We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.

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To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

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By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

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When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.

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Though Confucius served the Duke of Lu, a Chinese state, he made many enemies with the nobles of the land. His views antagonized the powerful nobles, who wanted the Duke to be a puppet in their hands. Confucius was exiled from the State of Lu for more than two decades. He lived in the countryside, spreading his teachings.

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A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.

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It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

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Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?

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Only one who bursts with enthusiasm do I instruct; Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and you do not come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.

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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

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