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• The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress. — Confucius
• The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage. — Confucius
• The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful. — Confucius
• The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him. — Confucius
• The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks. — Confucius
• Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand. — Confucius
• The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not… — Confucius
• The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm. — Confucius
• Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior… — Confucius
• Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that,… — Confucius
• In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he… — Confucius
• The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he… — Confucius

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