Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.
Confucius
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
complain snow
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.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
real knowledge ignorance
To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.
wisdom lies true
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom First, by reflection, which is noblest Second, by imitation, which is easiest and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success only comes later.
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The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
progress development moral
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it not having it, to confess your ignorance.
knowledge essence ignorance ignorance-and-stupidity
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
learning understanding remember understand forget hear
By nature, men are nearly alike by practice, they get to be wide apart.
men nature practice
The superior man.. Does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything what is right he will follow.
man mind
Is virtue a thing remote I wish to be virtuous, and lo Virtue is at hand.
virtue hand thing
habits
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
life wisdom change men
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