Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

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Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.

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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.

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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.

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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

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