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• The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
  -- Confuciu...
• Thunder over the lake: The image of The Marrying Maiden.
  Thus the superior man Understands the transitory In the light of the eternity of the end....
• A liberal criticizes most what he understands least.
• Whoever hunts deer without the forester Only loses his way in the forest.
  The superior man understands the signs of the time And prefers to desist....
• The proper man understands equity, the small man profits. -- Cervante
• Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question.
• Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe.
  She is always right, and the errors are always those of man. -- Goethe...
• Voluntary retreat brings good fortune to the superior man And downfall to the inferior man.