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A Great Man Is Hard On Himself; A Small Man Is Hard On Others.

Exemplary People Concern Themselves With Virtue, Small People Concern Themselves With Territory. The Ruling Class Thinks Of Punishment, The Lower Classes Hope For Benevolence.

Guide Them By Edicts, Keep Them In Line With Punishments, And The Common People Will Stay Out Of Trouble But Will Have No Sense Of Shame. Guide Them By Virtue, Keep Them In Line With The Rites, And They Will, Besides Having A Sense Of Shame, Reform Themselves.

The Superior Man Sets His Person At Rest Before He Moves; He Composes His Mind Before He Speaks.

There Are Cases In Which The Blade Springs, But The Plant Does Not Go On To Flower. There Are Cases Where It Flowers, But No Fruit Is Subsequently Produced.