Confucius Quotes
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A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.
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In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.
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The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
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Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.
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There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.
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They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.
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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
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The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."
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When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.
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The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.
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Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.
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To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.
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The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.
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Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.
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Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
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All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly.
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Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.
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Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?
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He who sling mud, lose ground.
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A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
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The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.
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Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
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There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
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The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.