Confucius Quotes
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Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
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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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Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.
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Whatever heaven ordains is best.
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To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.
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Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
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Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.
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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?
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Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance.
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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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Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
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Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
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Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.
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Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.
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Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.
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Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
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Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.
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All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.
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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
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If your desire is for good, the people will be good.
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If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.