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When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."

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The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

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Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.

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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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To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

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If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

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

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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

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If I hold up one corner of a square and the student cannot workout the other three for himself, I won't go any further.

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What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

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If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?

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If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.

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What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.

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Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

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How should I know anything about another world when I know so little of this?

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Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

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An angry man is full of poison.

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Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.

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