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Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.

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He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.

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It is goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. One who is free to choose, yet does not prefer to dwell among the good - how can he be accorded the name of wise?

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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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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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While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

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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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The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart.

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When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

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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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Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?

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Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.

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Every thoughtful pin on pinterest has beauty. But not everyone can see.

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The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting.

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The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.

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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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What you dislike in your superiors, avoid doing to your inferiors. What you dislike in your inferiors, avoid doing when working for your superiors. What you hate in those who are in front of you, do not do to those behind you.

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I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.

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he who will not economize will agonize

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