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| 子曰：温故而知新，可以为师矣。 |
| Exploring the old and deducing the new makes a teacher. |
| 子曰：学而不思则罔，思而不学则怠。 |
| To learn without thinking is labour in vain,to think
without learning is desolation. |
| 子曰：知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。 |
| To acknowlege what is known as known,and what is
not known as not known is knowlege. |
| 子曰：人之生也直，罔之生也幸而免。 |
| Men live with honesty. The dishonest live,spared
by fortune. |
| 子曰：知之者不如好知者，好知者不如乐知者。 |
| Knowlege is not eaqual to devotion. Devotion is not eaqual
to joy. |
| 子曰：中人以上，可以语上也；中人以下，不可以语上也。 |
| It is possible to speak of lofty subjects with man who are
above the average.It is not possible to speak of lofty subjects
with man who are below the average. |
| 子曰：知者乐水、仁者乐山；知者动、仁者静；知者乐、仁者寿。 |
| The wise enjoy the waters, the benevolent enjoy the mountains;
the wise are active, the benevolent are placid; the wise are
happy,the benevolent live long. |
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