Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
If it were the Clinton people, they’d be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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