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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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Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

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Do not let a leader lead you on a bad path.

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The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

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The object of the superior man is truth.

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

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

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Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

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Great is the man who can overcome the world, but greater still is the man who can overcome himself, for he will have the world spinning on the palm of his hand.

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Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

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Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.

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I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.

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We should worship as though the deity were present.

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Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.

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The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.

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Future generation is the most important thing.

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It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.

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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.

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Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

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Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

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