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Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.

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Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent.

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Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.

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Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

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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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The whole end of speech is to be understood.

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The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

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Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.

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Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.

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There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.

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On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words.

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A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.

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Reviewing the day's lessons. Isn't it joyful? Friends come from far. Isn't it delightful? One has never been angry at other's misunderstanding. Isn't he a respectable man?

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

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A youth is to be regarded with respect.

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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

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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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The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart.

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The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

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A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

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