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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

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When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

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I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

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The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.

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When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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The cautious seldom err.

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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

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The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.

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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.

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