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The object of the superior man is truth....A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step....I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I unders...Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change....Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising ev...Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance....A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right a...Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it....To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one ...Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know...Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things...The cautious seldom err....He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secur...To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it....Learning without thought is labor lost thought without learn...It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change....To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven c...The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic ...Silence is a friend who will never betray....He does not preach what he practices till he has practiced w...He who learns but does not think, is lost He who thinks but ...If we don't know life, how can we know death...When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them....The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all ...To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage o...The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it not havi...It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not s...Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon...Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart....The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can sa...Heaven means to be one with God....The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speak...If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve ...We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy t...The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his fir...Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from bein...Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without....When you know a thing, to hold that you know it and when you...By three methods we may learn wisdom First, by reflection, w...Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will ...Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they be o...What is the sound of one hand clapping...Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associat...Silence is the true friend that never betrays....I do not want a friend Who smiles when I smile Who weeps whe...Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito....Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them ...Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes....He who will not economize will have to agonize....Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses....Study the past if you would define the future....Respect yourself and others will respect you....They must often change who would be constant in happiness or...The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget th...By nature, men are nearly alike by practice, they get to be ...When anger rises, think of the consequences....What the superior man seeks is in himself what the small man...Have no friends not equal to yourself....When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwa...He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make...If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and app...He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be co...He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the m...I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated ...Is virtue a thing remote I wish to be virtuous, and lo Virtu...Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles....If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will fin...I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge I a...The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his...The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness who in t...The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his fi...The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek t...The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to ...The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near ...Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with...The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he m...The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they ...To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short....What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others....There are three things which the superior man guards against...Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen...The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything...The superior man is satisfied and composed the mean man is a...Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is i...While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spiri...When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them w...When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virt...With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended ...