Confucius Quotes
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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
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I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
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If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?
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If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.
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Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.
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Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
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When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
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Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.
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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.
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All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.
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It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.
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To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.
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Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.
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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
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The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.
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The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.
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Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
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I have never seen one who really loves goodness or one who really hates wickedness. One who really loves goodness will not place anything above it. One who really hates wickedness will practice goodness in such a way that wickedness will have no chance to get at him. Is there anyone who has devoted his whole strength to doing good for even as long as a single day? I have not seen anyone give up such an attempt because he had not the strength to go on. Perhaps there is such a case, but I have never seen 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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It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.
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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.
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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.