You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.
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True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.Kung Fu-tzu Confucius
The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.
Kung Fu-tzu Confucius
If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things.
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Is not he a sage who neither anticipates deceit nor suspects bad faith in others, yet is prompt to detect them when they appear.
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Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.
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To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.
Kung Fu-tzu Confucius
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