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There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.

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

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The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

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If we don't know life, how can we know death?

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The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

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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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What you dislike in your superiors, avoid doing to your inferiors. What you dislike in your inferiors, avoid doing when working for your superiors. What you hate in those who are in front of you, do not do to those behind you.

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The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.

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Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.

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Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.

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If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is trustworthy in word his fellow men will entrust him with responsibility. If he is quick he will achieve results.

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In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

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I am not an originator but a transmitter.

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Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.

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Excess weakens the spirits.

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To become a leader, you must first become a human being

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If I were travelling with two partners, one virtuous and one dishonest, both would be useful as teachers. I would perceive what's good of the first one and I would imitate him whereas I would try to correct in me the defects I may see in the second one.

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That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

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Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.

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Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

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