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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

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If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?

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Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?

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The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.

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It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.

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When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.

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While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death

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First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways.

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A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.

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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 superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret - It is only the sage who is able for this.

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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

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If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.

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The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied

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If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

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Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

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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 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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At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.

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