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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.

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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.

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Do Not Worry If Others Do Not Understand You. Instead Worry If You Do Not Understand Others.

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Respect The Gods, But Have As Little To Do With Them As Possible.

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

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When A Man Feels The Difficulty Of Doing, Can He Be Other Than Cautious And Slow In Speaking?

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When Anger Rises, Think Of The Consequences.

Heaven Begat Virtue In Me; What Can Man Do Unto Me?

Straight-forwardness, Without The Rules Of Propriety, Becomes Rudeness.

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Keep It Simple And Focus On What Matters. Don't Let Yourself Be Overwhelmed.

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Wisdom Is Worried For Being Slow In Its Speech And Expeditious In Its Actions.

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

Knowing Something

Yin And Yang, Male And Female, Strong And Weak, Rigid And Tender, Heaven And Earth, Light And Darkness, Thunder And Lightning, Cold And Warmth, Good And Evil...the Interplay Of Opposite Principles Constitutes The Universe.

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Not Feeling Compassion For A Stranger Is Like Not Feeling When One's Foot Has Caught Fire

If You Want To Change The World, First Change Your Heart.

A Great Man Is Hard On Himself; A Small Man Is Hard On Others.

Love Is Like A Spice. It Can Sweeten Your Life - However, It Can Spoil It, Too.

If You Don't Know The Life Yet, How Could Be Possible For You To Know The Death?

Don't Use Cannon To Kill Musquito.

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