A conversa impregnada de vaidade e o pretensiosismo são raramente compatíveis com a virtude.


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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
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Make fair agreements and stick to them
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Learning without thought is labor lost.
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Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object? -Confucius.
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The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest. .
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Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. -Confucius.
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Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it.
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
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The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
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Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
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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...
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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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Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
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Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of los...
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first...
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To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity,...
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Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
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If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face ...
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If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?
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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
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The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man ...
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The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand.
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To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
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He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of...
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It is better to play than do nothing
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Forget injuries; never forget kindness.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
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When anger rises, think of the consequences
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Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The ...
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
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The cautious seldom err.
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If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.
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There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence...
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Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.
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When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of...
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Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first...
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A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
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To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
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A picture is a poem without words.
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Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation,...
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Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
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It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
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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 goo...
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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses
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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps...
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Heaven means to be one with God. - Confucius,
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If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought t...
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To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five ...
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There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation...
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
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