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The Master Said, At Fifteen I Set My Heart Upon Learning. At Thirty, I Had Planted My Feet Firm Upon The Ground. At Forty, I No Longer Suffered From Perplexities. At Fifty, I Knew What Were The Biddings Of Heaven. At Sixty, I Heard Them With Docile Ear. At Seventy, I Could Follow The Dictates Of My Own Heart; For What I Desired No Longer Overstepped The Boundaries Of Righ.

The Superior Man Does What Is Proper To The Station In Which He Is; He Does Not Desire To Go Beyond This. In A Position Of Wealth And Honor, He Does What Is Proper To A Position Of Wealth And Honor. In A Poor And Low Position, He Does What Is Proper To A Poor And Low Position.

In A Hamlet Of Ten Households, There Are Bound To Be Those Who Are My Equal In Doing Their Best For Others And In Being Trustworthy In What They Say, But They Are Unlikely To Be As Eager To Learn As I Am.

All Men Are Born Good.

Rate The Task Above The Prize; Will Not The Mind Be Raised? Fight Thine Own Faults, Not The Faults Of Others; Will Not Evil Be Mended?