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The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects

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