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#1
“What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.”
— Confucius
Analects (Lunyu), 15.24
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#2
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
— Confucius
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#3
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
— Confucius
Analects (Lunyu), 2.15
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#4
“The feeling of commiseration is the principle of benevolence; the feeling of shame and dislike is the principle of righteousness.”
— Mencius
Mencius, Book II, Part A, Ch. 6
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