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Ground Quotes by Confucius
- As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case…
- The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse…
- He who sling mud, lose ground.
- The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one…
- The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I…
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- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was… — Michelle Bachelet
- Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which… — Honore de Balzac
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- Daisies are like sunshine to the ground. — Drew Barrymore
- To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it… — Joseph Addison