Confucius Quotes
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Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.
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Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.
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Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated.
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If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.
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Justice for All in the World.
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Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go.
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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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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
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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 are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
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The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
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The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.
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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere – although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
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With a heavy load and a long journey.
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The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.
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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
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To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.
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Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
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When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.
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In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.
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Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.
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In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.
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A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.