"Bird in hand makes it harder to blow nose."
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"The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)"
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"Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom."
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"A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself."
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"Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family."
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"How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'"
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"At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand."
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"The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please."
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"The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others."
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"The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)"
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"Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it"
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"Never seek illicit wealth."
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"Don't use cannon to kill musquito."
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"One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves."
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"To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom."
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"Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."
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"The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid."
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"To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom."
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"Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few."
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"The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant."
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