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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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Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

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The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability

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In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

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Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

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A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.

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A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails.

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I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

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A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.

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Therefore only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledge. Being dissatisfied with his own knowledge, one then realizes that the trouble lies with himself, and realizing the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledger.

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If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

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The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

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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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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

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One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.

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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.

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In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.

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Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.

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