"The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith."
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"Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?"
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"Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come."
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"Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on."
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"When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession."
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"Man shoot at nothing, sure to hit it."
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"When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together."
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"Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual."
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"When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity."
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"If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves."
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"Never hesitate to ask a lesser person."
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"One who can move mountains start with the little stones."
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"The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has."
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"If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student."
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"Man who eat many prunes get good run for money."
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"Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence."
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"I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world."
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"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."
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"An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade."
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"Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface."
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