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To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

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Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

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Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

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A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

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Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

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The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

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To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

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Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

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Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

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Heaven means to be one with God.

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Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

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