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Learning without thought is labor lost.
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Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
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Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
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You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
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Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.
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It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
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What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others.
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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
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Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
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Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
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When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant.
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Boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination.
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Talent is Gods gift to you, what you do with it, is your gift to God.
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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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A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
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Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
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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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The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
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Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
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To love a thing means wanting it to live.
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Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
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If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?
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Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
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Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues.
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A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
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The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.
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