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A Country Of A Thousand War-chariots Cannot Be Administered Unless The Ruler Attends Strictly To Business, Punctually Observes His Promises, Is Economical In Expenditure, Loves The People, And Uses The Labor Of The Peasantry Only At The Proper Times Of Year.

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Of Course You Want To Be Rich And Famous. It's Natural. Wealth And Fame Are What Every Man Desires. The Question Is: What Are You Willing To Trade For It?

Gentlemen Cherish Worth; The Vulgar Cherish Dirt. Gentlemen Trust In Justice; The Vulgar Trust In Favor.

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Fine Words And An Insinuating Appearance Are Seldom Associated With True Virtue.

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Clever Talk And Domineering Manner Have Little To With Being A Man At His Best.

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There Is One Single Thread Binding My Way Together...the Way Of The Master Consists In Doing One's Best...that Is All.

Be Loyal And Trustworthy. Do Not Befriend Anyone Who Is Lower Than Yourself In This Regard.

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.

Silence Is The True Friend That Never Betrays.

At Fifteen, My Mind Was Bent On Learning. At Thirty, I Stood Firm. At Forty, I Had No Doubts. At Fifty, I Knew The Decrees Of Heaven. At Sixty, My Ear Was Receptive To Truth. At Seventy, I Could Follow My Heart's Desires Without Sin.

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A Superior Man Is One Who Is Free From Fear And Anxieties

Even If I Could, I Would Not Exahnge Their Virtues For My Own. And That Is Why They Are Intent On Learning From Me.

To Be Wronged Is Nothing Unless You Continue To Remember It.

A Disciple Having Asked For A Definition Of Charity, The Master Said Love One Another.

The Beginning Of Wisdom Is To Call Things By Their Proper Name.

To Govern Is To Correct. If You Set An Example By Being Correct, Who Would Dare To Remain Incorrect?

While The Gentleman Cherishes Benign Rule, The Small Man Cherishes His Native Land. While The Gentleman Cherishes A Respect For The Law, The Small Man Cherishes Generous Treatment.

Everything Has Beauty, But Not Everyone Sees It.

When A Person Should Be Spoken With, And You Don't Speak With Them, You Lose Them. When A Person Shouldn't Be Spoken With And You Speak To Them, You Waste Your Breath. The Wise Do Not Lose People, Nor Do They Waste Their Breath.

A Gentleman Is Calm And Spacious: The Vulgar Are Always Fretting.

The Injury Of Prodigality Leads To This, That He Who Will Not Economize Will Have To Agonize.

If Either Wealth Or Poverty Are Come By Honesty, There Is No Shame.

If An Urn Lacks The Characteristics Of An Urn, How Can We Call It An Urn?

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I Followed My Heart Without Breaking Any Rules.

To Study And At Times Practice What One Has Learned, Is This Not A Pleasure?

The Man Who In View Of Gain Thinks Of Righteousness; Who In The View Of Danger Is Prepared To Give Up His Life; And Who Does Not Forget An Old Agreement However Far Back It Extends - Such A Man May Be Reckoned A Complete Man.

Success Depends Upon Previous Preparation, And Without Such Preparation There Is Sure To Be Failure.

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Waste Begets Self-will; Thrift Begets Meanness: But Better Be Mean Than Self-willed.

Look At The Means Which A Man Employs, Consider His Motives, Observe His Pleasures. A Man Simply Cannot Conceal Himself!

The Administration Of Government Lies In Getting Proper Men. Such Men Are To Be Got By Means Of The Ruler's Own Character. That Character Is To Be Cultivated By His Treading In The Ways Of Duty. And The Treading Those Ways Of Duty Is To Be Cultivated By The Cherishing Of Benevolence.

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When The Multitude Detests A Man, Inquiry Is Necessary; When The Multitude Likes A Man, Inquiry Is Equally Necessary.

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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.

The Way Of Heaven And Earth May Be Completely Declared In One Sentence: They Are Without Any Doubleness, And So They Produce Things In A Manner That Is Unfathomable.

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The Real Fault Is To Have Faults And Not Amend Them.

Our Greatest Glory Is Not In Never Falling, But In Rising Every Time We Fall.

The Hardest Thing Of All Is To Find A Black Cat In A Dark Room, Especially If There Is No Cat.

Learning Without Thought Is Labour Lost.

The Determined Scholar And The Man Of Virtue Will Not Seek To Live At The Expense Of Injuring Their Virtue. They Will Even Sacrifice Their Lives To Preserve Their Virtue Complete.

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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Knowledge Is Recognizing What You Know And What You Don't.

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The Man Who Asks A Question Is A Fool For A Minute, The Man Who Does Not Ask Is A Fool For Life.

To Know And Not Do, Is To Not Yet Know.

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.

A Knight Whose Heart Is Set Upon The Way, But Who Is Ashamed Of Wearing Shabby Clothes And Eating Coarse Food, Is Not Worth Calling Into Counsel.

The Master Said, “the Gentleman Understands What Is Right, Whereas The Petty Man Understands Profit.” (analects 4.16)

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If I Am Walking With Two Other Men, Each Of Them Will Serve As My Teacher. I Will Pick Out The Good Points Of The One And Imitate Them, And The Bad Points Of The Other And Correct Them In Myself.

The Gentleman Is Calm And At Ease. The Gentleman Is Dignified But Not Proud; The Small Man Is Proud But Not Dignified.

He Who Merely Knows Right Principles Is Not Equal To Him Who Loves Them.

Don't Be Concerned About Others Not Appreciating You. Be Concerned About Your Not Appreciating Others.

I Have Yet To Meet A Man As Fond Of High Moral Conduct As He Is Of Outward Appearances.

Justice Is Like The North Star, Which Is Fixed, And All The Rest Revolve About It.

Listen Widely To Remove Your Doubts And Be Careful When Speaking About The Rest And Your Mistakes Will Be Few. See Much And Get Rid Of What Is Dangerous And Be Careful In Acting On The Rest And Your Causes For Regret Will Be Few. Speaking Without Fault, Acting Without Causing Regret: 'upgrading' Consists In This.

If Proper In Their Own Conduct, What Difficulty Would They Have In Governing? But If Not Able To Be Proper In Their Own Conduct, How Can They Demand Such Conduct From Others?

One Joy Dispels A Hundred Cares.

Never Hesitate To Ask A Lesser Person.

The Path May Not Be Left For An Instant. If It Could Be Left, It Would Not Be The Path.

When It Is Obvious That The Goals Cannot Be Reached, Don't Adjust The Goals, Adjust The Action Steps.

A Youth Is To Be Regarded With Respect. How Do We Know That His Future Will Not Be Equal To Our Present?

Therefore The Superior Man Is Watchful Over Himself, When He Is Alone.

Knowing Something Is Not As Good As Liking It. Liking Something Is Not As Good As Rejoicing In It.

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Let The States Of Equilibrium And Harmony Exist In Perfection, And A Happy Order Will Prevail Throughout Heaven And Earth, And All Things Will Be Nourished And Flourish.

What Heaven Has Conferred Is Called The Nature; An Accordance With This Nature Is Called The Path Of Duty; The Regulation Of This Path Is Called Instruction. The Path May Not Be Left For An Instant. If It Could Be Left, It Would Not Be The Path.

In A Hamlet Of Ten Households, There Are Bound To Be Those Who Are My Equal In Doing Their Best For Others And In Being Trustworthy In What They Say, But They Are Unlikely To Be As Eager To Learn As I Am.

There Is Nothing More Visible Than What Is Secret, And Nothing More Manifest Than What Is Minute.

Our Headstrong Passions Shut The Door Of Our Souls Against God.

Hold Faithfulness And Sincerity As First Principles.

Writing Cannot Express All Words, Words Cannot Encompass All Ideas.

Not To Alter One's Faults Is To Be Faulty Indeed.

A Youth Is To Be Regarded With Respect.

It Is More Shameful To Distrust Our Friends Than To Be Deceived By Them.

What The Great Learning Teaches, Is To Illustrate Illustrious Virtue; To Renovate The People; And To Rest In The Highest Excellence.

Bird In Hand Makes It Harder To Blow Nose.

If You Lead The People With Correctness, Who Will Dare Not Be Correct?

Better A Diamond With A Flaw Than A Pebble Without.

The Person Who Is Not Strong Enough Gives Up At The Halfway Point - But You Are Limiting Yourself Before Even Starting.

Humankind Differs From The Animals Only By A Little And Most People Throw That Away.

There Are Three Degrees Of Filial Piety. The Highest Is Being A Credit To Our Parents, The Second Is Not Disgracing Them; The Lowest Is Being Able Simply To Support Them.

There Is Nothing Impossible In All The World Except That The Heart Of Man Is Wanting In Resolution.

A Man Exercising No Forethought Will Soon Experience Present Sorrow.

True Goodness Springs From A Man's Own Heart. All Men Are Born Good.

A Gentleman Can See A Question From All Sides Without Bias. The Small Man Is Biased And Can See A Question Only From One Side.

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.

Only By Perfect Virtue Can The Perfect Path, In All Its Courses, Be Made A Fact.

To Be Fond Of Learning Is To Draw Close To Wisdom. To Practice With Vigor Is To Draw Close To Benevolence. To Know The Sense Of Shame Is To Draw Close To Courage. He Who Knows These Three Things Knows How To Cultivate His Own Character. Knowing How To Cultivate His Own Character, He Knows How To Govern Other Men. Knowing How To Govern Other Men, He Knows How To Govern The World, Its States, And Its Families.

By Nature, Men Are Nearly Alike; By Practice, They Get To Be Wide Apart.

As The Water Shapes Itself To The Vessel That Contains It, So A Wise Man Adapts Himself To Circumstances.

When Things Are Investigated, Then True Knowledge Is Achieved; When True Knowledge Is Achieved, Then The Will Becomes Sincere; When The Will Is Sincere, Then The Heart Is Set Right ; When The Heart Is Set Right, Then The Personal Life Is Cultivated; When The Personal Life Is Cultivated, Then The Family Life Is Regulated; When The Family Life Is Regulated, Then The National Life Is Orderly; And When The National Life Is Orderly, Then There Is Peace In This World.

The Wheel Of Fortune Turns Round Incessantly, And Who Can Say To Himself, I Shall Today Be Uppermost.

To Become A Leader, You Must First Become A Human Being

If The People Are Governed By Laws And Punishment Is Used To Maintain Order, They Will Try To Avoid The Punishment But Have No Sense Of Shame. If They Are Governed By Virtue And Rules Of Propriety Are Used To Maintain Order, They Will Have A Sense Of Shame And Will Become Good As Well.

If You Know, Say You Know. If You Don't Know, Say You Don't Know.

To Understand Yourself Is The Key To Wisdom.

When Prosperity Comes, Do Not Use All Of It.

If Language Is Not Correct, Then What Is Said Is Not What Is Meant. If What Is Said Is Not What Is Meant, Then What Ought To Be Done, Remains Undone.

Listen Widely To Remove Your Doubts And Be Careful When Speaking About The Rest And Your Mistakes Will Be Few.

If You Think In Terms Of A Year, Plant A Seed; If In Terms Of Ten Years, Plant Trees; If In Terms Of 100 Years, Teach The People.

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The Master Said, “if Your Conduct Is Determined Solely By Considerations Of Profit You Will Arouse Great Resentment.

No Lake So Still But It Has Its Wave. No Circle So Perfect But That It Has Its Blur. I Would Change Things For You If I Could; As I Can't You Must Take Them As They Are.

Virtue Is Not Solitary; It Is Bound To Have Neighbors

Future Generation Is The Most Important Thing.

Future Generation

Be Sincere And True To Your Word, Serious And Careful In Your Actions; And You Will Get Along Even Among Barbarians, But If You Are Not Sincere And Untrustworthy In Your Speech, Frivolous And Careless In Your Actions, How Will You Get Along Even Among Your Own Neighbors? When Stand, See These Principles In Front Of You; In Your Carriage See Them On The Yoke. Then You May Be Sure To Get Along.

Listen Much, Keep Silent When In Doubt, And Always Take Heed Of The Tongue; Thou Wilt Make Few Mistakes. See Much, Beware Of Pitfalls, And Always Give Heed To Thy Walk; Thou Wilt Have Little To Rue. If Thy Words Are Seldom Wrong, Thy Deeds Leave Little To Rue, Pay Will Follow.

To Put The World In Order, We Must First Put The Nation In Order; To Put The Nation In Order, We Must First Put The Family In Order; To Put The Family In Order; We Must First Cultivate Our Personal Life; We Must First Set Our Hearts Right.

Do Not Answer The Person Whose Questions Are Vile. Do Not Question A Person Whose Answers Are Vile.

Education Breeds Confidence. Confidence Breeds Hope. Hope Breeds Peace.

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Signs And Symbols Rule The World, Not Words Nor Laws.

The Shortest Distance Between Any Two Points On A Golf Course Is A Straight Line That Passes Directly Through The Center Of A Very Large Tree.

A Gentleman Can Withstand Hardships; It Is Only The Small Man Who, When Submitted To Them, Is Swept Off His Feet.

Balance Is The Perfect State Of Still Water. Let That Be Our Model. It Remains Quiet Within And Is Not Disturbed On The Surface.

We Can Know A Person By Observing His Behaviour, Understanding The Reasons For His Actions And Ascertaining His Intentions. If We Do This, How Can We Not Know Him?

That A Man Lives Is Because He Is Straight. That A Man Who Dupes Others Survives Is Because He Has Been Fortunate Enough To Be Spared.

A Good Man Regards The Root; He Fixes The Root, And Ail Else Flows Out Of It. The Root Is Filial Piety; The Fruit Brotherly Love.

The People May Be Put Into The Way They Should Go, Though They May Not Be Put Into The Way Of Understanding It.

The Way Is Not For, But From, Man; If We Take The Way As Something Superhuman, Beyond Man, This Is Not The Real Way.

The Superior Man Is Distressed By His Want (lack) Of Ability

The Commander Of The Forces Of A Large State May Be Carried Off, But The Will Of Even A Common Man Cannot Be Taken From Him.

What Is Most Needed For Learning Is A Humble Mind.

Grieve Not That Men Do Not Know You; Grieve That You Do Not Know Men.

A Good Man Does Not Worry About Not Being Known By Others, But Rather Is Concerned About Not Knowing Them.

The Difference Between Ordinary And Extraordinary Is That Little Extra. The Question Isn't Who Is Going To Let Me; It's Who Is Going To Stop Me You Don't Have To See The Whole Staircase, Just Take The First Step The Man Who Moves A Mountain Begins By Carrying Away Small Stones.

The Father Who Does Not Teach His Son His Duties Is Equally Guilty With The Son Who Neglects Them.

An Orchid In A Deep Forest Sends Out Its Fragrance Even If No One Is Around To Appreciate It.

The Superior Man, When Resting In Safety, Does Not Forget That Danger May Come.

In Teaching There Should Be No Distinction Of Classes.

The One Who Was Born A Genius Can't Win Against The One Who Tries, And The One Who Tries Can't Win Against The One Who Enjoys.

A Father's And A Mother's Age Must Be Borne In Mind; With Joy On The One Hand, Fear On The Other.

A Man Of Humanity Is One Who, In Seeking To Establish Himself, Finds A Foothold For Others And Who, In Desiring Attaining Himself, Helps Others To Attain.

With Coarse Rice To Eat, With Water To Drink, And My Bent Arm For A Pillow - I Have Still Joy In The Midst Of All These Things.

I Transmit But Do Not Create. I Place My Trust In The Teachings Of Antiquity.

The Master Said, At Fifteen I Set My Heart Upon Learning. At Thirty, I Had Planted My Feet Firm Upon The Ground. At Forty, I No Longer Suffered From Perplexities. At Fifty, I Knew What Were The Biddings Of Heaven. At Sixty, I Heard Them With Docile Ear. At Seventy, I Could Follow The Dictates Of My Own Heart; For What I Desired No Longer Overstepped The Boundaries Of Righ.

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