Confucius Quotes
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Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.
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A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
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A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.
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The more people know, the more they forgive.
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One who can move mountains start with the little stones.
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The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.
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A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
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If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?
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You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
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Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.
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The funniest people are the saddest once.
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He who is really kind, can never be unhappy.
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Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
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I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.
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When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
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How should I know anything about another world when I know so little of this?
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Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.
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Don't use cannon to kill musquito.
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A youth is to be regarded with respect.
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In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.
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Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.
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There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.
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Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
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To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.