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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

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You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?

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The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, careful and true, overflowing in kindness for all, but in brotherhood with love. And if they have strength to spare they should spend it on the arts.

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Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

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A youth is to be regarded with respect.

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The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

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Study the past if you want to define the future.

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

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Rotten wood cannot be carved.

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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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The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.

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Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.

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In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.

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With a heavy load and a long journey

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If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

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The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.

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place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.

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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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Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?

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The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.

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