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A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.

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By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.

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Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.

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He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.

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In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they first harmonized their families. Wishing to harmonize their families, they first cultivated themselves. Wishing to cultivate themselves, they first rectified their minds. Those who wished to rectify their minds first made their intentions sincere.

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Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.

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

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At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.

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Make fair agreements and stick to them

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

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The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

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I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

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

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He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.

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The object of the superior man is truth.

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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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Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?

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The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

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The chase of gain is rich in hate

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