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" The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most. "

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" If we don't know life, how can we know death? "

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" The object of the superior man is truth. "

" Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known. "

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" The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. "

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" To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge. "

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" Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. "

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" Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. "