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

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The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.

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The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others.

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Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

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A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

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To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

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It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

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The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.

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The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)

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Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.

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It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

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A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

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If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.

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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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If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.

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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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The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

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A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.

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