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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 Master said, “For one who never asks, ‘What should I do? What should I do?’ I, for my part, can do nothing about him.”
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5.20 Ji Wen used to think thrice before acting. The Master hearing of it said, “Twice is quite enough.”
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A man walking along the river bank saw someone about to throw a small boy into the water. The child was screaming with terror.