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- Man who goes to doghouse will end up in cathouse.
- The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting.
- The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who…
- I have never seen one who really loves goodness or one who really hates wickedness. One who really loves goodness will not place anything above…
- How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height…
- The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no…
- Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.
- Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
- By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
- If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with…
- 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…
- Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
- A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.
- It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...
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