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When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.
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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.
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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.
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The rigid cause themselves to be broken the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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