Confucius Quotes
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A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.
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Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have.
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Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
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Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
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The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.
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Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food.
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If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.
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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any.
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In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.
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To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.
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Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.
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Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
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To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.
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Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.
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The more people know, the more they forgive.
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Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent.
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When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.
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Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.
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Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.
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The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.
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The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.
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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.
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Only one who bursts with enthusiasm do I instruct; Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and you do not come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.