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Good medicine tastes bitter and is good for illness, but advice when unpleasant is good for action. What are some famous aphorisms like this?
1. A gentleman is always striving for self-improvement. -

Translation of Zhouyi: As a gentleman, one should have a strong will, never-ending spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen self-cultivation and complete and develop one's studies or career. Only in this way can one reflect the will of heaven and live up to the responsibilities and talents given to a gentleman by the universe.

2. Don't act on the small evil, and don't act on the small good. -The History of the Three Kingdoms translated by Liu Beiyu

: Don't do anything just because it is a small and inconspicuous bad thing; On the contrary, for some tiny. A good thing that is beneficial to others, don't stop doing it just because it doesn't mean much.

3. Seeing the good is not as good as seeing the bad. -The Analects of Confucius

Translation: When you meet a good person, you are afraid that it is too late to learn from him. When you see a good thing, you are afraid that you will not be able to do it if you are too late. Seeing wicked people and bad things is like touching hot water. You should leave immediately and stay away.

4. it's far from resentment to bow to others and blame others lightly. -the Analects of Confucius

translation: those who work hard and take the initiative to take the main responsibility for their mistakes are "bowing to be generous" and forgiving others more, which is "blaming others less", so that they will not resent each other.

5. A gentleman's adult beauty is not an adult's evil. The villain is the opposite. -The Analects of Confucius

Translation: A gentleman always starts from the good wishes or the wishes that are beneficial to others, wholeheartedly urges others to realize their good wishes and just demands, and does not look at the world with cold eyes. Or fear that the world will not be chaotic, and will not add fuel to the fire when others have failures, mistakes or pains. The villain, on the other hand, is always "the evil of adults, not the beauty of adults."

6. See the sage Si Qi, and introspect if you don't. -The Analects of Confucius

Translation: When you see someone who has more advantages than yourself in a certain respect, you should consult modestly, study hard, and try to catch up with him and reach the same level with him; When you see someone with some shortcomings or deficiencies, you should calmly reflect and see if you also have his shortcomings or deficiencies.

7. don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. -The Analects of Confucius

Translation: Don't impose what you don't want (pain, disaster, disaster, etc.) on others.

8. Do your duty and don't yield to your teacher. -The Analects of Confucius

Translation: When you encounter something good that you should do, you should not hesitate. Even if the teacher is on the side, you should do it. Later, it developed into the idiom "Do one's duty".

9. A gentleman is slow in words but quick in deeds. -The Analects of Confucius

Translation: A gentleman can't talk big, but he is agile and dexterous in doing things.

1. if two people are United, their profits will be cut off; Words of one mind stink like blue. -"Book of Changes"

Translation: People who work together are strong enough to break hard metals; People with one heart and one mind express their unanimous opinions, which are persuasive, and people are like smelling fragrant orchids, which are easy to accept.

11. A gentleman hides his vessel in his body and waits for the time. -The Book of Changes

Translation: Even if a gentleman has outstanding skills, he will not show off and show off everywhere. But to display one's talents or skills when necessary.

12. full of losses, modest benefits. -

Translation of Shangshu: Complacency with what you have achieved will bring losses and disasters; Being humble and always aware of your own shortcomings can benefit from it.

13. Isn't it a gentleman to be ignorant and not satisfied? -The Analects of Confucius

Translation: If I have achieved something that others don't understand, I will never feel angry or wronged. Isn't this also a kind of gentleman's demeanor?

14. keep your word, and do what you want. -The Analects of Confucius

Translation: If you say something, you must keep your word; Once you have determined what you want to do, you must go ahead resolutely and boldly.