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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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Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness

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The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

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One joy dispels a hundred cares.

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Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

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It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.

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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

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In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.

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Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

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Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife

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True wisdom is knowing what you don't know

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A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.

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How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.

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A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

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The inner nature of man is the province of Music.

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It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

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If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and faithfulness to be fundamental, has no friends who are not like him, and when he has made mistakes, he is not afraid of correcting them.

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The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.

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Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.

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The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.

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