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First there must be order and...

First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.

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When wealth is centralized, t...

When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.

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When a person should be spoke...

When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.

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I daily examine myself on thr...

I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?

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From a grain of sand in the P...

From a grain of sand in the Pearl comes.

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A bit of fragrance always cli...

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.

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If one learns from others, bu...

If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.

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If a man is respectful he wil...

If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is trustworthy in word his fellow men will entrust him with responsibility. If he is quick he will achieve results.

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It is the way of the superior...

It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.

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It doesn't make a difference ...

It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.

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At 15 I set my heart on learn...

At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.

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Be versed in ancient lore, an...

Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

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Everything has its beauty but...

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.

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A youth is to be regarded wit...

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

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The wise man admires water, t...

The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.

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When a man comes to me, I acc...

When a man comes to me, I accept him at his best, not at his worst. Why make so much ado? When a man washes his hands before paying a visit, and you receive him in that clean state, you do not thereby stand surety for his always having been clean in the past.

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I do not enlighten those who ...

I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

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Be loyal and trustworthy. Do ...

Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.

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The contrived language and th...

The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.

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Is there any one maxim which ...

Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.

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