Analect
1 1 | excellent quality, and in things small and great we follow them. "
2 2 | yoking the oxen to, or a small carriage without the arrangement
3 3 | blame." The Master said, "Small indeed was the capacity
4 4 | man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort. The
5 4 | the sanctions of law; the small man thinks of favors which
6 5 | representations of duckweed on the small pillars above the beams
7 6 | may pass. He does not mind small matters." Chung-kung said, "
8 6 | though he may be easy in small matters in his government
9 10| his mince meat cut quite small. He did not eat rice which
10 11| black linen cap, to act as a small assistant." Last of all,
11 11| sovereign? If Ch'ih were to be a small assistant in these services,
12 13| various officers, pardon small faults, and raise to office
13 13| out, the Master said, "A small man, indeed, is Fan Hsu!
14 13| quickly; do not look at small advantages. Desire to have
15 13| done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great
16 14| you require from him the small fidelity of common men and
17 15| out the suggestions of a small shrewdness;-theirs is indeed
18 15| Want of forbearance in small matters confounds great
19 15| with great concerns. The small man may not be intrusted
20 17| weak, is like one of the small, mean people;-yea, is he
21 17| itself in a disregard of small things; the high-mindedness
22 19| pass and repass it in the small virtues." Tsze-yu said, "
23 20| or with things great or small, he does not dare to indicate
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