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Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.

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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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Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

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Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

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Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?

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A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.

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The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose.

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I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

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We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

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These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

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The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

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Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

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A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

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If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

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The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

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As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.

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There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

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To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.

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To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness

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