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What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

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I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.

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A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

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Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

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The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.

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The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.

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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

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There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

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It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.

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The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

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You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

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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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Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

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Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

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If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.

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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

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A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.

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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

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Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.

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