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- 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…
- The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.
- I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer…
- There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.
- The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as…
- An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.
- The more people know, the more they forgive.
- It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the…
- The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
- It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
- An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
- 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…
- Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
- At fifteen my mind was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the…
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