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Study the past, if you would divine the future.

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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

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I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

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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.

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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

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What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

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When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

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The cautious seldom err.

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When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

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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.

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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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The object of the superior man is truth.

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