-He who governs his people by the force of his+qualities is like the polar star that stays2immobile while all the other stars bow before her.
$I know why the track isn't followed: the intelligent man goes beyond,
the idiot stays put.
0A bird knows where to settle. Is it possible man is less intelligent than a bird?
%Nobody knows the faults of one's son, nor the beauty of one's harvest.
0Man improves himself by regulating the movements
of his heart.
Justice is much more profitable
to a State than its income.zF!
U1We call middle that which does not incline to any,way and constant that which does not change./The middle is the right way for all beings, and2constancy is the invariable law that governs them.
1The archer has a point in common with a wise man:.when his arrow doesn't reach the middle of the*target, he looks for the cause in himself.U0The wise man is like the traveller who, in order-to go far away, parts from the nearest point;1like a man who, wishing to climb a high mountain,
starts at the foot.
.The virtue of statesmen quickly sets up a good2government, like the virtue of the earth makes the
plantations grow fast.U0An ignorant wishing to follow his own judgement;-an inferior who wants to follow his own will;2a man of our century who wants restore old habits.1All these men inflict misfortune upon themselves.
2All wagons make two parallel tracks, all books are1written with the same letters; the conduct of all men is subject to the same laws.
On a flower silken garment,
she wears a simple dress.
(Even if the fish hides at the bottom of#the water, he will be clearly seen.
+The wise man is not grieved because mankind/doesn't know him; he is grieved for not knowing
mankind.
0If one looks at a man's actions, if one observes.the motives that make him act, if one examines-what makes him happy, can he hide what he is?
*He who in his mind goes over what he knows2already, and by this means acquires new knowledge,
can soon teach others.
*The wise man begins by doing what he wants
to teach; next he teaches.
/Hearing or reading without reflection is a vain.occupation; to reflect without book nor master
is dangerous.kE
(What you know, knowing that you know it;+what you don't know, knowing that you don't
know it, that's really knowing.U+What is the use of a man lacking sincerity?)How do you use a big wagon without a yoke+for the ox, or a small wagon without a yoke
for the horses?U1He is guilty of adulation, who offers that spirit2to which is it not his to offer. He lacks courage,*who neglects doing a thing he knows is his
duty.U+It is no use talking about things that have)already been accomplished, nor expressing,reprimands over those already very advanced,
nor blaming what is past.
+Only the virtuous man knows how to love and
how to hate men properly.
2He who in the morning has understood the learnings.of wisdom, in the evening can die a happy man.U2The wise man aspires to perfection, the vulgar man+to well-being; the wise man is dedicated to#respect the laws, the vulgar man to
obtain favors.
*The ancients didn't dare to issue maxims;-they feared that their actions wouldn't match
their words.
.The wise man is dedicated to be slow in speech
and to be prompt in action.
(Before doing something, it is sufficient
to think twice.
.The wise man helps those in need, but does not
add to the wealth of the rich.U)He who really lacks force, falls half way/exhausted. The others set their own limits they1do not want to cross; it is not the force but the
will they lack.%E
0All men are born with the rightness of heart. If.he who loses it does not at the same time die,!he has a luck he doesn't deserve.U-The cautious man likes water, and the perfect.man the mountains. The cautious man exercises;,the perfect man stays immobile. The cautious.man lives happily; the perfect man lives long.
,Self-respect, magnanimity, loyalty, fidelity'and charity. And one can manage others.
+Generosity leads to arrogance; parsimony to%greed. Arrogance is worse than greed.
+The wise man is calm, he has a large heart;$the vulgar man is always overwhelmed
with concerns.
2The dying bird cries in a plaintive voice; a dying
man give good advice.
&Everything that happens is like water:!it never stops nor day nor night.
,Some harvests don't give flowers; some also,,after giving flowers, don't carry any grain.
+It's only when the winter cold has arrived,)that one notices the pine and the cypress,lose their leaves after all the other trees.
(An enlightened and cautious man does not+hesitate; a perfect man is free from worry;
a courageous man has no fear.
)He who doesn't know what life is, how can
he know what death is?U(That a man makes solid essays on virtue,(does not mean that this man is virtuous.*One should examine if he is really wise or if he only keeps up appearances.xE
-Going beyond the limits is not a lesser fault
than staying within them.
"He who is cautious in his actions,
can he not be so in his words?
,He who, examining his heart, doesn't see any-fault in himself, what sadness, what fear can
he have?
-The wise man helps others to do good, but not.to do bad. The vulgar man has a quite opposite
behaviour.
*The virtue of the prince is like the wind;
the people's is like the grass.2At the blowing of the wind, the grass always bows.
)A wise man is careful not to say or to do
what he does not know.U*Don't hurry too much; don't look for small.advantages. He who hastens, doesn't reach far;'he who seeks small advantages, neglects
important matters.
+The father hides the faults of his son, and,the son those of his father. This conduct is
not opposed to righteousness.
+Do narrow-minded people deserve to be taken
into account?
+The suppression of passions must be seen as
a difficult thing; in my view it is not perfection.
,Under an organized government, speak and act+freely; under a badly organized government,'act freely, but moderate your language.
-A father who loves his son, can he not impose0hard exercise upon him? A loyal minister, can he
not warn his prince?
,It is more difficult to protect oneself from-sadness in poverty than from pride in wealth.
+He who is not afraid to promise big things,
has problems realising them.
,A subject should avoid deceiving his prince,
and not fear to resist him.
-Formerly one was dedicated to learning wisdom,in order to become virtuous; nowadays people(learn it to obtain the esteem of others.
(The wise man is humble in his words, and)he does more than he says, that is to say)his conduct is always above his precepts.U1The wise man practices three virtues that I lack:,being perfect, he is never distressed; being*cautious, he never falls into error; being
courageous, he has no fear.U+He who is judging others is already a great,wise man. I don't have time to judge others;.I am totally committed to judge and to correct
myself.
*What we admire in a beautiful horse is not'that much its force but its gentleness.
.If you return good for bad, what do you return1for good? It is enough to reply to injustice with%justice, and to return good for good.U-When you were young, you didn't respect those-who were older than you. Adult, you didn't do,anything worthy. In old age, you do not die.
Your examples are harmful.
-He who cannot see very far ahead will soon be
in embarrassment.
*He who reproaches his own faults severely,+and is indulgent to those of others, avoids
annoyances.rE
rU(The wise man holds justice as a base; he/practices her according to the ancient's rules;,he shows her off moderately; he always keeps
her sincerely.
,The wise man does not want to die as long as
he is not worthy of praise.
.The wise man expects all from his own efforts;)the vulgar man expects all from the favor
of others.
,The wise man is his own master, and is to be)doubted by nobody; he is sociable, but is
no party man.U&The wise man does not elevate a man to+responsibilities, just because he heard him/speak well; and he does not reject a good word,$because it was uttered by a bad man.
.Beautiful speeches make vice look like virtue.(A slight impatience ruins a big project.U*When the hatred or the favors of the crowd1get hold of a man, one should examine his conduct1before judging if he is worthy of affection or of
hatred.
$Not to correct an involuntary fault,
is committing a real fault.U1Virtue is more necessary to the people than water1or fire. I've seen peoply die who walked in water+or in fire; I've never seen anybody die who
walked on the road of virtue.
0The wise man is very attached to truth and duty;+he is not stubbornly attached to his ideas.
+The wise man accepts all men in his school,
without distinction.
(Two men following different paths cannot!help one another in their advice.
(Language should clearly express thought,
that's enough.
&The wise man does not teach secret and
private lessons to his son.
The days and the months go by,
the years don't wait for us.
All men are alike by nature;(they differ by the habits they get into.
*There are only two kinds of men that never-change: the wisest ones, and the most insane.
0He who hasn't studied, is he not like a man with.his face turned to a wall, seeing nothing, and
not being able to take a step.
.Repeating to all who pass what one has learned'on the way, that's like throwing virtue
in the wind.
.The wise man puts justice above all. A private(person who has bravery and lacks justice
becomes a brigand.
/He who, at the age of forty, still has the same(faults which make him odious, will never
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