Confucius Quotes
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To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.
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The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.
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If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.
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Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?
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If you want to change the world, first change your heart.
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If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.
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A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
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Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
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The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.
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The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'
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Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom.
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To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.
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The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.
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The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret - It is only the sage who is able for this.
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The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.
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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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All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.
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A picture is poem without words.
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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
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Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.
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At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.
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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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There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.