Propriety acknowledges with virtue, and respects with praise, the set boundary of all things.
— Papi Proverb 73
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The simplicity of honesty eludes the non-participant and the complexity of honesty excludes the non-participant. A wise man practices both, and is as hard to find as an honest man is.
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Flattery provided in self reward soon finds its inevitable demotion.
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It is hard for a man to pay attention to what he does not understand, or to understand what he does not pay attention to; therefore understanding belongs to those separated to that purpose and attention follows the rule...