The sky was dark and the stars were bright, the sort of night that makes you want to sit out and look up.
He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.
There was a great deal of fighting in the Táin Bó Cúalnge, and many were the heroes who perished in that battle.
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Success; the gentle covers the gentleman, hence the small advances and the gentleman has no one who dares to speak out.
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The space station was a mass of steel and glass that hung in the void, an artificial planet in miniature.
The highest good is like water. Water benefits all things without competing with them.
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Queen Medb's desire for the brown bull of Cooley drove her to wage war on the Ulster kingdom.
When the dragon is seen in the field, it signifies the right time for the application of virtue.
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
The armies clashed and the noise of their battle was like thunder rolling across the land.
With trust and without confusion, righteousness has no place to depart.
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The way of the gentleman may be expressed or withheld, spoken or unspoken.
As I lay there upon the soft, warm grass, I thought of the many strange things that had happened to me.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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Cú Chulainn was the champion of Ulster and fought valiantly against all odds.
Treading on frost, the ice is approaching.
He had not expected to be nearly so excited as he was.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
The hero's great feats in combat were spoken of in songs and tales, preserving his legacy for generations.
The soft and weak overcomes the hard and strong.
The movement of heaven is vigorous; the gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement.
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The world was strange and wonderful, but it was not mine.
I am a wanderer in the land of dreams, but I am now a prisoner in the land of reality.
He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.
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The sky was dark and the stars were bright, the sort of night that makes you want to sit out and look up.
There was a great deal of fighting in the Táin Bó Cúalnge, and many were the heroes who perished in that battle.
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