Confucius Quotes
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Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.
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Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
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A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.
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Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?
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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
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Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil...the interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe.
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Heaven means to be one with God.
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If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.
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What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.
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The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
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Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
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A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.
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If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.
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She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.
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It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.
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A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.
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Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
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If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
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The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.
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If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.
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Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.
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Humanity is the equity of the heart.
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Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.