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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

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I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

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He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

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Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

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If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.

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It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife

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A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

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The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.

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Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?

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Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.

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It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

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A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.

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In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

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All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them. The smaller energies are like river currents; the greater energies are seen in mighty transformations. It is this which makes heaven and earth so great.

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At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.

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The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

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Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

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Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

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A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

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If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

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