"In teaching there should be no distinction of classes."
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"Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing."
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"If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully."
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"The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action."
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"Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite."
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"Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue."
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"If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others"
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"When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment."
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"The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground."
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"If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil."
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"The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks."
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"The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops."
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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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"A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman."
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"Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar."
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"A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar."
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"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand."
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"You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it."
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"There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding pleasure in discussing the good points in the conduct of others, and finding pleasure in having many wise friends, these are advantageous. But finding pleasure in profligate enjoyments, finding pleasure in idle gadding about, and finding pleasure in feasting, these are injurious."
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"I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances."
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