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The Analects – Chapter 15.31
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The Master said, “I once spent a whole day without eating and a whole night without sleeping, devoting myself entirely to thinking – but gained nothing. It is better to study than to ponder in vain.”
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The Analects – Chapter 15.30
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The Master said, “To have faults and not correct them – that is truly a fault.”
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The Analects – Chapter 15.29
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The Master said, “It is humanity that enlarges the Way, not the Way that enlarges humanity.”
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The Analects – Chapter 15.27
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The Master said, “Clever words corrupt virtue; lacking patience in small matters disrupts great plans.”