"The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him."
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"If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love."
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"Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others."
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"A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting."
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"Girl who sit on Judge's lap get honorable discharge."
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"One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue."
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"To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness"
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"I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon."
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"The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability"
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"Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!"
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"Behind every smile there's teeth."
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"Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors."
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"Justice for All in the World"
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"You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath"
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"Labor, but slight not meditation; meditate, but slight not labor."
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"If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?"
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"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
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"People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous."
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"All things are already complete in oneself."
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"Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away."
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