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