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Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.

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Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it

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A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties

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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.

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There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

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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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Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

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The people may be put into the way they should go, though they may not be put into the way of understanding it.

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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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Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

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To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.

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Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

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Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

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To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.

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If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

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Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.

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A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.

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Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

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