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Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

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A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

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Excess and deficiency are equally at fault.

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

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One joy dispels a hundred cares.

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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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One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.

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Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.

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The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

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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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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.

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Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

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

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We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women.

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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

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How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.

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The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.

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A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.

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The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.

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There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.

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