"You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him."
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"The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development."
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"Study the past, if you would divine the future."
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"The chase of gain is rich in hate"
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"If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is trustworthy in word his fellow men will entrust him with responsibility. If he is quick he will achieve results."
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"A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools."
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"There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change."
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"A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door."
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"The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property."
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"When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others."
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"To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness."
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"If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day."
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"Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing."
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"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."
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"A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people."
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"The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism."
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"Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it."
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"If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."
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"The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct"
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"Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily."
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