| The object of the superior man is truth. ... |
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| I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I u ... |
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| Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. ... |
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| Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in risi ... |
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| Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance ... |
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| A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble ri ... |
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| Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. ... |
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| Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...t ... |
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| The cautious seldom err. ... |
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| To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remembe ... |
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| Learning without thought is labor lost thought without ... |
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| It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot cha ... |
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| To be able to practice five things everywhere under hea ... |
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| The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mech ... |
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| Silence is a friend who will never betray. ... |
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| He does not preach what he practices till he has practi ... |
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| He who learns but does not think, is lost He who thinks ... |
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| If we don't know life, how can we know death ... |
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| When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. ... |
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| The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of ... |
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| To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of cour ... |
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| The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it not ... |
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| It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do ... |
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| Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without ... |
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| Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. ... |
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| The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who c ... |
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| Heaven means to be one with God. ... |
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| The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards ... |
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| If I am walking with two other men, each of them will s ... |
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| We take greater pains to persuade others that we are ha ... |
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| The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome hi ... |
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| Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from ... |
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| Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ... |
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| When you know a thing, to hold that you know it and whe ... |
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| By three methods we may learn wisdom First, by reflecti ... |
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| Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it ... |
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| Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they ... |
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| What is the sound of one hand clapping ... |
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| Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom ass ... |
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| Silence is the true friend that never betrays. ... |
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| I do not want a friend Who smiles when I smile Who weep ... |
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| Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito. ... |
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| Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry ... |
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| Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. ... |
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| He who will not economize will have to agonize. ... |
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| Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. ... |
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| Study the past if you would define the future. ... |
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| Respect yourself and others will respect you. ... |
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| They must often change who would be constant in happine ... |
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| The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forg ... |
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| By nature, men are nearly alike by practice, they get t ... |
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| When anger rises, think of the consequences. ... |
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| What the superior man seeks is in himself what the smal ... |
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| Have no friends not equal to yourself. ... |
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| When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn ... |
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| He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to ... |
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| If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, an ... |
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| He who exercises government by means of his virtue may ... |
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| He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into ... |
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| I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who h ... |
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| Is virtue a thing remote I wish to be virtuous, and lo ... |
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| Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ... |
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| If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he wil ... |
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| I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledg ... |
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| The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds i ... |
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| The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness who ... |
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| The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome h ... |
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| The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not s ... |
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| The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fi ... |
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| The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are ... |
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| Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness ... |
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| The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but ... |
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| The people may be made to follow a path of action, but ... |
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| To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. ... |
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| What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to oth ... |
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| There are three things which the superior man guards ag ... |
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| Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have ... |
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| The superior man...does not set his mind either for any ... |
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| The superior man is satisfied and composed the mean man ... |
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| Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it ... |
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| While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve ... |
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| When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling t ... |
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| When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his ... |
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| With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my be ... |
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