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The Master said, “The noble person is ashamed when his words exceed his actions.”
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4.24 The Master said, “A gentleman covets the reputation of being slow in word but prompt in deed.”
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The Master said, “A gentleman who never goes on eating till he is sated, who does not demand comfort in his home, who is diligent in business and cautious in speech, who associates with those that possess the Dao and thereby corrects his own faults – such a one may indeed be said to…