When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.
Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.
Study the past if you want to define the future.
A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.
If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.
Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food.
The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.
The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.
The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.
Girl who sit on Judge's lap get honorable discharge.
When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.
He who is really kind, can never be unhappy
If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.
When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.
Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.
First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.
When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
Great is the man who can overcome the world, but greater still is the man who can overcome himself, for he will have the world spinning on the palm of his hand.
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