Confucius Quotes

If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.

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• I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.

  

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• My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.

  

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• All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.

  

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• It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.

  

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• I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether.

  

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• If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.

  

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• Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.

  

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• Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.

  

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• If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.

  

  Confucius
  • Laws
  • Punishments
  • Sense Of Shame