Confucius Quotes
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Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.
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Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
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A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
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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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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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I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.
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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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Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.
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The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.
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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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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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Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.
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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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The chase of gain is rich in hate.
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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.
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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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If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?
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A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.
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Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
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To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.