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Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

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The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.

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There is nothing impossible in all the world except that the heart of man is wanting in resolution.

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There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.

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Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.

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Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

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Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

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A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

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Excess and deficiency are equally at fault.

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The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

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The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

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Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

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All things are already complete in oneself.

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

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The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do no harm, and does not refrain from them. Hence, his wickedness becomes so great that it cannot be concealed, and his guilt so great that it cannot be pardoned.

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If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life

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