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• Jana's Second Law of Love: Better a pebble given out of love than a diamond given out of duty.
• Study without though is useless. Thought without learning is dangerous. -- Confucius, The Analec
• Just as a diamond is not polished without friction, a great man is not made without adversity.
  -- Confucius Say...
• Rotten wood cannot be carved. -- Confucius (Analects, Book 5, Ch. 9)
• To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage. -- Confucius Analec
• Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. -- Confucius -- Analects, XV.24
• In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.
  -- Confucius -- Analects, IV.7...
• It is only the benevolent man who is capable of liking or disliking other men.
  -- Confucius, Analects, IV.3...