Confucius Quotes
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A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
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What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
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Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.
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Love others as you would love yourself, judge others as you would judge yourself, cherish others as you would cherish yourself. When you wish for others as you wish for yourself and when you protect others as you would protect yourself, that's when you can say it's true love.
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I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.
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Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
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Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.
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The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.
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The chase of gain is rich in hate.
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Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
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Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.
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Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
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Be in harmony, yet be different.
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If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?
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Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.
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I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.
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A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.
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The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.
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The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.
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Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.
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If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
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When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.
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When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.