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"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
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"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
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"If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake."
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
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"He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions."
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."
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"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance."
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"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."
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"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
— Confucius (Wisdom of Confucius)
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"Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

سكوت تنها دوستي ست كه هيچ گاه رازت را فاش نمي كند."
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"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

به خاطر داشته باش كه مهم نيست كه كجا ميري،
برو"
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"You cannot open a book without learning something."
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"It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs."
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"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
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"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

تا وقتي كه نايستيد، مهم نيست كه چه قدر آهسته حركت مي كنيد"
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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."
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"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."
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"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."
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"The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid."
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"The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?"
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"Do unto others what you want done unto you."
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"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
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"If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent."
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"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right."
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"To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. "
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"To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it."
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"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
— Confucius (Confucius)
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"Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life."
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"Study the past if you would define the future."
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"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."
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"A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top."
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"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."
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"Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society."
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"If you love what you do, you'll never work another day in your life. "
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"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."
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"Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses."
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"Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others."
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"When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points."
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"Time flows away like the water in the river. "
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"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."
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"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
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"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without."
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"Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean."
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"Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it."
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"If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children. "
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"Shall I teach you what knowledge?
When you know a thing, say that you know it;
when you do not know a thing,
admit that you do not know it.
That is knowledge"
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"Learning without thought is labor lost. Thought without learning is perilous."
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"Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

راست بگو، تسليم خشم نشو، اگر از تو كم خواستند ببخش؛ با اين سه به خدايان مي رسي"
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"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
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