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Respond to enmity with rectitude, and respond to virtue with virtue.
While one's father is alive, observe one's aspirations. After the father's death, observe one's conduct. If one does not change the father's way for three years, one may be called filial.
In interacting with others, recommend their strengths and conceal their weaknesses; this is why relationships last.
When the upright are raised to positions above the crooked, the people are satisfied; when the crooked are raised above the upright, the people are not satisfied.
If teaching one corner of a square does not lead the student to understand the other three, I will not repeat it.
The gentleman gives benefit without expense, works people without causing resentment, desires without greed, is comfortable without arrogance, and is dignified without fierceness.
In poverty, do not lose righteousness; in success, do not deviate from the Way.
Extravagance leads to insolence, while frugality leads to narrow-mindedness. Better to be narrow-minded than insolent.
The Ode of Guanju is joyous without being licentious, and sorrowful without being hurtful.
When interacting with friends, be strict yet faithful.
I fear that Ji Sun's worries are not in Zhuan Yu, but within the walls of his own household.
My disciples, do you think I hide anything from you? I hide nothing from you. There is nothing in my conduct that I do not share with you. This is Qiu (Confucius).
Eight rows of dancers performed in the court. If a gentleman can bear this, what cannot he bear?
If actions do not yield results, look for the cause in oneself.
The Way of the gentleman involves four aspects: strength in practicing righteousness, weakness in accepting advice, fear in awaiting salary, and caution in governing oneself.
In serving the ruler, he fulfilled all rituals, yet people thought him flattering.
Wealth and high rank are what people desire; if obtained by improper means, they should not be accepted. Poverty and low status are what people dislike; if removed by improper means, they should not be left. If a gentleman abandons benevolence, how can he achieve his name? A gentleman does not depart from benevolence even for the time it takes to finish a meal. In haste, he is with it; in adversity, he is with it.
Begin with poetry, stand on ritual, and be completed by music.
When walking with two others, there is bound to be a teacher among them. Choose their good qualities and follow them; observe their bad qualities and correct them in yourself.
The gentleman studies widely in literature and restrains himself with ritual; thus, he can avoid deviating from the Way.
以直报怨，以德报德。
父在，观其志。父没，观其行。三年无改于父之道，可谓孝矣。
与人交，推其长者，讳其短者，故能久也。
举直错诸枉，则民服；举枉错诸直，则民不服。
举一隅不以三隅反，则不复也。
君子惠而不费，劳而不怨，欲而不贪，泰而不骄，威而不猛。
穷不失义，达不离道。
奢则不孙，俭则固。与其不孙也，宁固。
关雎，乐而不淫，哀而不伤。
与朋友交，严而有信。
吾恐季孙之忧，不在颛臾，而在萧墙之内也。
二三子，以我为隐乎？吾无隐乎尔，吾无行而不与二三子者，是丘也。
八佾舞于庭，士可忍也，孰不可忍也！
行有不得，反求诸己！
君子之道四焉，强于行义，弱于受谏，怵于待禄，慎于治身。
事君尽礼，人以为谄也。
富与贵，是人之所欲也，不以其道得之，不处也。贫与贱，是人这所恶也，不以其道得之，不去也。君子去仁，恶乎成名？君子无终食之间违仁，造次必于是，颠沛必于是。
兴于诗，立于礼，成于乐。
三人行，必有我师焉，择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。
君子博学与于文，约之以礼，亦可以弗畔矣夫。
"A gentleman guards against self-deception and seeks humility."
"Instead of trying to change others, change yourself first."
"Learning to step back can be highly beneficial when facing setbacks."
"Our eyes often focus too much on the external world and too little on the inner self."
"What a person shows off reflects what they lack internally."