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Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

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Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.

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Rotten wood cannot be carved.

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If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?

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A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.

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It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.

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When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

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In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.

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The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

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He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

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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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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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In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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I never really said all those things I said

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He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.

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Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

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He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

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To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.

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Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

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