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学而时习之, 不亦说乎。 有朋自远方来, 不亦乐乎。
) O" Y# }0 F- c　　Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it a lso great when friends visit from distant places?
$ A( {: T3 g6 I$ f, G　　巧言令色, 鲜矣仁。
　　Someone who is a clever speaker and maintains a 'too-smiley' face is seldom considered a humane person.
2 |$ n9 `2 E% d+ i+ ?. P) s　　诗三百, 一言以蔽之, 曰： 「思无邪」。
　　The 300 verses of the Book of Odes can be summed up in a single phrase: 'Don't think in an evil way’.
9 s  P6 H' M5 p& s( t2 a  _: ?　　为政以德。
　　Govern with the power of virtue
　　子曰： 「吾十有五而志于学, 三十而立, 四十而不惑, 五十而知天命, 六十而耳顺, 七十而从心所欲, 不踰矩。」
3 }) I6 F  a# y/ ^# k$ M　　Confucius said: "At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the mandate of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart's desire without transgressing the norm."
　　温故而知新, 可以为师矣。
; K9 k# J: l, W　　Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
) a, Z% [" z9 w7 x7 N7 H+ S　　学而优则仕。
$ E4 V- G+ }* {/ k, w4 C　　A good scholar can become an official.
　　学而不思则罔, 思而不学则殆。
　　To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
　　知之为知之, 不知为不知, 是知也。
　　What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is knowledge.
8 t# x( o3 e0 ?6 s) N4 Y　　成事不说, 遂事不谏, 既往不咎。
　　Don't bother explaining that which has already been done; don't bother criticizing that which is already gone; don't bother blaming that which is already past.
+ h" z3 ^( a8 z* v0 Q1 X& a2 a( L　　子曰：「朝闻道, 夕死可矣 」
　　Confucius said: "If I can hear the Tao in the morning, in the evening I can die content."
' M8 _2 k; c7 U& x# _　　见贤思齐焉; 见不贤而内自省也。
　　When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points."
+ ~, h$ V0 y8 M7 Z9 g　　子曰：「德不孤, 必有邻。」
. ]2 z  L; J- j: C) `1 `　　Confucius said: "If you are virtuous, you will not be lonely. You will always have friends."
; o9 s' r* x5 t  k　　子曰：「三人行, 必有我师焉：择其善者而从之, 其不善者而改之。」
/ C2 w1 T7 p; q1 x# ?　　Confucius said: "When three men are walking together, there is one who can be my teacher. I pick out people's good and follow it. When I see their bad points, I correct them in myself."
　　性相近也, 习相远也。
　　People are similar by nature, but through habituation become quite different from each other."