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He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

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Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.

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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

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There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

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Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

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Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

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If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

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An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.

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Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.

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If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?

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You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

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I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

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Return good for good; return evil with justice.

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The whole end of speech is to be understood.

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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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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

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When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.

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The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

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The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.

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