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- The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
- True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.
- The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
- A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
- The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
- When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.
- The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.
- A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals.
- Man who goes to doghouse will end up in cathouse.
- The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.
- I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.
- Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
- You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.
- It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
- I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.
- Man with hole in pocket, feel cocky all day.
- Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
- The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their…
- Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never…
- When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he…
- A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.
- Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.
- A man of wisdom delights in water.
- A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.
- If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
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