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The Superior Man Does What Is Proper To The Station In Which He Is; He Does Not Desire To Go Beyond This. In A Position Of Wealth And Honor, He Does What Is Proper To A Position Of Wealth And Honor. In A Poor And Low Position, He Does What Is Proper To A Poor And Low Position.

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The Superior Man Does What Is Proper To The Station In Which He Is; He Does Not Desire To Go Beyond This. In A Position Of Wealth And Honor, He Does What Is Proper To A Position Of Wealth And Honor. In A Poor And Low Position, He Does What Is Proper To A Poor And Low Position.

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The Superior Man * * * In Regard To His Speech * * * Is Anxious That It Should Be Sincere.

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The Superior Man, When Resting In Safety, Does Not Forget That Danger May Come. When In A State Of Security He Does Not Forget The Possibility Of Ruin. When All Is Orderly, He Does Not Forget That Disorder May Come. Thus His Person Is Not Endangered, And His States And All Their Clans Are Preserved.

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Virtuous People Often Revenge Themselves For The Constraints To Which They Submit By The Boredom Which They Inspire.

It Is The Way Of The Superior Man To Prefer The Concealment Of His Virtue, While It Daily Becomes More Illustrious, And It Is The Way Of The Mean Man To Seek Notoriety, While He Daily Goes More And More To Ruin.

Three Things Cannot Long Be Hidden: The Sun, The Moon, And The Truth.

Great As Heaven And Earth Are, Men Still Find Some Things In Them With Which To Be Dissatisfied. Thus It Is That, Were The Superior Man To Speak Of His Way In All Its Greatness, Nothing In The World Would Be Found Able To Embrace It, And Were He To Speak Of It In Its Minuteness, Nothing In The World Would Be Found Able To Split It.

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