A gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about. The Gambler
"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve, and bad things are very easy to get." The Analects of Confucius
Those who believe themselves wise regard as real only the appearance of things, but these fashioners of falsehood will have their reward. Fragments
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