Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.


Confucius

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Mark My Words, My Words In Other Words Are Not Just Words.
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Pieces of me, I'm giving to you. In the words that I say and the things that I do.
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Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills.
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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...
CONFUCIUS
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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