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"For this reason the gentleman will employ a man on a distant mission and observe his degree of loyalty, will employ him close at hand and observe his degree of respect. He will hand him troublesome affairs and observe how well he manages them, will suddenly ask his advice and observe how wisely he answers. He will exact some difficult promise from him and see how well he keeps it, turn over funds to him and see with what benevolence he dispenses them, inform him of the danger he is in and note how faithful he is to his duties. He will get him drunk with wine and observe how well he handles himself, place him in mixed company and see what effect beauty has upon him. By applying these nine tests, you may determine who is the unworthy man."
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"Making money and being prosperous is a wonderful place to be, but not at the expense of your ethics, integrity, and reputation. It is simply not worth it. It nixes any chance of creating trusted working relationships."
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"When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness-I am nothing."
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"Was once lost always lost really true of chastity?"
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"Bad is always afraid of good and that is the reason why bad tries to eliminate good!"
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"The widespread assumption that ethical behavior takes the fun out of life is false. In actuality, living ethically ensures that relationships in our lives, including encounters with strangers, nurture our spiritual growth."
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"When you devalue ethics and morals by proclaiming that our attitude toward them should be casual or lenient, you can't be surprised by a rising generation who then behaves disrespectfully, treating life, people, and choices as if they possess little value or worth. For whether or not that was the intention, society has taught them to believe thusly."
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"Might could would-they are contemptible auxiliaries."
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"I have a yearning for my beautiful country, and I love its people because of their misery. But if my people rose, simulated by plunder and motivated by what they call "patriotic spirit" to murder, and invaded my neighbour's country, then upon the committing of any human atrocity I would hate my people and my country."
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"When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon."
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"Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one's consciousness can permit the faking of existence."
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"Study the past, if you would divine the future."
Future
"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."
Virtue
"The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear."
Character
"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."
Morality
"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."
Death
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."
Change
"You cannot open a book without learning something."
Learning
"It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs."
Wisdom
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."
Action
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."
Heart
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