Confucius Quotes
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A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
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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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There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding pleasure in discussing the good points in the conduct of others, and finding pleasure in having many wise friends, these are advantageous. But finding pleasure in profligate enjoyments, finding pleasure in idle gadding about, and finding pleasure in feasting, these are injurious.
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Justice for All in the World.
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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
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The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.
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It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.
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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
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The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."
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Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.
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Place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.
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A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.
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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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Sincerity is the way of heaven.
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Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.
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Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand.
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One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.
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Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.
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To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?
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To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
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The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others.
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Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.
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At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was receptive to truth. At seventy, I could follow my heart's desires without sin
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Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.