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In Dealing With The Dead, If We Treat Them As If They Were Entirely Dead, That Would Show A Want Of Affection And Should Not Be Done; Or, If We Treat Them As If They Were Entirely Alive, That Would Show A Want Of Wisdom And Should Not Be Done.

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In Dealing With The Dead, If We Treat Them As If They Were Entirely Dead, That Would Show A Want Of Affection And Should Not Be Done; Or, If We Treat Them As If They Were Entirely Alive, That Would Show A Want Of Wisdom And Should Not Be Done.

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Even In Killing Men, Observe The Rules Of Propriety.

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He Who Requires Much From Himself And Little From Others, Will Keep Himself From Being The Object Of Resentment.

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I Live In A Very Small House, But My Windows Look Out On A Very Large World.

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Great Is The Man Who Can Overcome The World, But Greater Still Is The Man Who Can Overcome Himself, For He Will Have The World Spinning On The Palm Of His Hand.

When A Nation Or Family Is About To Flourish, There Are Sure To Be Happy Omens; And When It Is About To Perish, There Are Sure To Be Unlucky Omens.

If You Want Happiness For A Year, Inherit A Fortune. If You Want Happiness For A Lifetime, Help Someone Else.

Old Age, Believe Me, Is A Good And Pleasant Thing. It Is True You Are Gently Shouldered Off The Stage, But Then You Are Given Such A Comfortable Front Stall As Spectator.

Everything Has Its Beauty But Not Everyone Sees It. To See It A Person Only Needs To Imagine How It Could Be Worse.

Give A Bowl Of Rice To A Man And You Will Feed Him For A Day. Teach Him How To Grow His Own Rice And You Will Save His Life.

He Who Conquers Himself Is The Mightiest Warrior.

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

The Superior Man Honors His Virtuous Nature, And Maintains Constant Inquiry And Study, Seeking To Carry It Out To Its Breadth And Greatness, So As To Omit None Of The More Exquisite And Minute Points Which It Embraces, And To Raise It To Its Greatest Height And Brilliancy.

If A Man Keeps Cherishing His Old Knowledge So As Continually To Be Acquiring New, He May Be A Teacher Of Others.

The Perfecting Of One's Self Is The Fundamental Base Of All Progress And All Moral Development.

The Demands That A Great Man Makes Are On Himself; Those Of A Petty Man Are Upon Others.

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