If you want to bring some famous sayings and aphorisms with you in your speech or writing, just look at their prose collection. There are also many summary logs on the Internet. Pay attention to collecting them. When you read a book, write down your favorite sentences. Maybe some good sentences are not popular yet, and you can also be a discoverer. You can't improve your self-cultivation overnight. If you want to be on par with the masters in personality, you need to read their biographies (usually written by others) and books about their life history. Their behavior at the critical moment of life is worth learning, but we should also take its essence, discard its dross and grasp it ourselves. As for the specific books to read, I can only say that there are countless famous books that are beneficial to people, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. Every year, the educational recommendation series is changing again and again, and I can't decide which one to choose. I can only say that you like an author, know his life, and after reading some of his works, you will be considered a scholar. Finally, it is important to keep reading. A good character needs practice to become its own character. Doing what you know has been a disadvantage for scholars since ancient times.

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