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• The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.

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  Mean, Men, Waiting

  James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.291

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• You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath

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  Know How, Knows

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• The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.

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  Vices, Guests, Masters

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• When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

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  Integrity, Men, May

  Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.167

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• The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

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  Prejudice, Four, Masters

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• What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

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  Character, Men, Chinese

  Confucius, William Jennings, Epiphanius Wilson (1983). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Random House Value Pub

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• The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.

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  Army, Men, Faithful

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• Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.

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  Everyday, Mountain, Earth

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• There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.

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  Wise, Strong, Men

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• The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

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  Happiness, Wise, Long

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.192, Courier Corporation

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• Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

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  Giving, Three, Want

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• What the wise seek is in themselves

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  Wise, Inspiration

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• If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.

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  One Day, Day To Day, Ifs

  Confucius (2009). “The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean”, p.361, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

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  Eye, Bigger, Stomach

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• The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.

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  Winning, Trying, Genius

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• Sincerity is the way of heaven.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius, James Legge (1893). “Confucian Analects: The Great Learning, and The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.413, Courier Corporation

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• A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

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  Persistence, Men, Physicians

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• It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example.

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  Leadership, Order, People

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• If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

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  Leadership, Dance, Teacher

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.

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  Men, Soul, Mustache

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• When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.

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  Criticism, Failing, Strict

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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• Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.190, Courier Corporation

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• An angry man is full of poison.

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  Anger, Men, Angry Man

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• There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.

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  Weed, Peasants, Negligence

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