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"Abandoning idle chatter, he speaks at the right time, what is correct and to the point, of Dhamma and discipline. He is a speaker whose words are to be treasured, seasonable, reasoned, well-defined and connected with the goal."
"主忠信。毋友不如己者。過，則勿憚改。"
"君子食無求飽，居無求安，敏於事而慎於言，就有道而正焉，可謂好學也已。"
"If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things."
"The state sometimes makes mistakes. When one of these mistakes occurs, a decline in collective enthusiasm is reflected by a resulting quantitative decrease of the contribution of each individual, each of the elements forming the whole of the masses. Work is so paralysed that insignificant quantities are produced. It is time to make a correction."
"Correct use is not founded on Grammar, but Grammar on correct use."
"Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct."