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Looking At Small Advantages Prevents Great Affairs From Being Accomplished.

Be Strict With Yourself But Least Reproachful Of Others And Complaint Is Kept Afar.

The Wise Are Free From Perplexities; The Virtuous From Anxiety; And The Bold From Fear.

The Superior Man, While His Parents Are Alive, Reverently Nourishes Them; And, When They Are Dead, Reverently Sacrifices To Them. His Thought To The End Of His Life Is How Not To Disgrace Them.

If The People Are Governed By Laws And Punishment Is Used To Maintain Order, They Will Try To Avoid The Punishment But Have No Sense Of Shame. If They Are Governed By Virtue And Rules Of Propriety Are Used To Maintain Order, They Will Have A Sense Of Shame And Will Become Good As Well.