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To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.[][]
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.[][]
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.[][]
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.[][]
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.[][]
The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.[][]
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. [][]
When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.[][]
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.[][]
Study the past, if you would divine the future.[][]
Heaven means to be one with God.[][]
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.[][]
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.[][]
They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.[][]
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