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Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

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Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.

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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

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Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

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The whole end of speech is to be understood.

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The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.

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A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.

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The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.

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

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Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.

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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none.

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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

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A man of wisdom delights in water.

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Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.

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Have no friends not equal to yourself.

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The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

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Kong Qiu, or Master Kong as he was known, did not live to see his days of glory. During his lifetime, his views were received with scorn. But that was about two thousand five hundred years ago. A handful of his dedicated followers passed on Confucius' teachings to future generations. After Confucius' death, his followers published his teachings in the book, The Analects of Confucius.

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Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

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A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.

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The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.

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