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Waste Begets Self-will; Thrift Begets Meanness: But Better Be Mean Than Self-willed.

As In The Case Of Making A Mound, If, Before The Very Last Basketful, I Stop, Then I Shall Have Stopped. As In The Case Of Leveling The Ground, If, Though Tipping Only One Basketful, I Am Going Forward, Then I Shall Be Making Progress.

He With Whom Neither Slander That Gradually Soaks Into The Mind, Nor Statements That Startle Like A Wound In The Flesh, Are Successful May Be Called Intelligent Indeed.

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.

He Who Flatters A Man Is His Enemy. He Who Tells Him Of His Faults Is His Maker.