11Prompt

Author: Confucius (孔夫子); translated by James Legge

The Master said, Gentlemen unite, but are not the same. Small men are all the same, but each for himself.

16. 葉公問政。子曰：「近者說，遠者來。」

The Duke of She asked, What is kingcraft?
The Master answered, For those near us to be happy and those far off to come.

17. 子夏為莒父宰問政。子曰：「無欲速，無見小利。欲速則不達，見小利則大事不成
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Author: Confucius (孔夫子); translated by James Legge

The Master said, the man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks; commands even go unheeded when the life is crooked.

子路第十三

BOOK XIII

1. 子路問「政」。子曰：「先之，勞之。」請益。曰：「無倦。」

Tzu-lu asked how to rule.
The Master said, Go before; work hard.
When asked to say more, he said, Never flag.

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Author: Laozi (老子); translated by James Legge

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.

第七十九章

和大怨，必有餘怨﹔報怨以德，安可以為善？是以聖人執左契，而不責于 人。有德司契，無德司徹。天道無親，常與善人。

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