Confucius Quotes
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If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
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Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.
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Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.
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He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.
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A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.
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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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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
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To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.
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There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.
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Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?
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Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.
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Behind every smile there's teeth.
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Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.
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Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me.
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He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.
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A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.
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Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.
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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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One who can move mountains start with the little stones.
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Woman is the masterpiece.
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Faithfulness and sincerity first of all.
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To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man who doesn't know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.
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It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.
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We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves.