"A Nation's character is typified by its dancers."
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"The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters."
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"A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man."
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"Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest."
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"To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it."
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"To become a leader, you must first become a human being"
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"To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge."
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"When you breathe, you inspire, and when you do not breathe, you expire."
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"Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good."
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"The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful."
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"He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed."
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"place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self."
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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 gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds."
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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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"The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear."
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"Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows."
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"There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old."
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"The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize."
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"In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness."
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