Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

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Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.

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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.

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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.

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If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

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