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Famous sayings about being full of losses and being modest in gains.

1. Cultivate oneself, manage one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world (university)

2. If you hesitate, everything will be established; if you don't, it will be ruined. (Moderate)

3. If you love something, you will know its evil; if you hate it, you will know its goodness. (Book of Rites)

4. Jade cannot be used without polishing, and people cannot understand it without learning. (Book of Rites)

5. Learn, and then you will know your shortcomings; teach, and then you will know your shortcomings. (Book of Rites)

6. Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger. (Book of Rites)

7. Birds of a feather flock together, and people divide into groups. (Book of Changes)

8. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. (Shang Shu)

9. For nine people, the success falls short. (Shu Jing)

10. Good medicine is bitter in the mouth and good for the disease; loyal words are hard on the ears and good for the deeds. (Family Classics)

11. On the journey of the great road, the world is for the common good. (Book of Rites)

12. Knowing shame is close to courage. (Book of Rites)

13. The way of civil and military affairs is to relax one by one. (Book of Rites)

14. Difficulty leads to change, change leads to generalization, generality leads to longevity. (Book of Changes)

15. The people are the foundation of a country, and the foundation is solid and the country is peaceful. (Shu Jing)

16. Reciprocity is a courtesy, but it is unethical to refrain from reciprocity. (Book of Rites)

17. A leaf obscures the eyes, and Mount Tai cannot be seen. Plug your ears with beans and don't hear the thunder. (Guanzi)

18. It is universally applicable. (Book of Rites)

19. The emperor cannot live forever. (Book of Rites)

20. A single spark can start a prairie fire. (Shu Jing)

21. Pay lip service but fail to deliver, and blame the disaster and its people. (Book of Rites)

22. Smart and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions. (The Analects of Confucius)

23. If you review the past and learn the new, you can become a teacher. (The Analects of Confucius)

24. Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is a disaster. (The Analects of Confucius)

25. What a joy it is to learn and practice it from time to time! (The Analects of Confucius)

26. A gentleman makes friends with literature and helps benevolence with friends. (The Analects of Confucius)

27. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried. (The Analects of Confucius)

28. When you work hard, you forget to eat; when you are happy, you forget your excellence; you don’t know that old age is coming. (The Analects of Confucius)

29. Repay grievance with straightness and repay kindness with kindness. (Confucius)

30. A gentleman seeks for himself, while a villain seeks for others. (Confucius)