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A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?
Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.
If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.
To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.
Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.
Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.
To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?
Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.
Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.
The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
There is no body but eats and drinks. But they are few who can distinguish flavors.
Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.
Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.
The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.
When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.
He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.
Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?
To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.
Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people.
If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.
Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.
Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.
A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.
Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it
The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.
The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.
It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.