Confucius Quotes
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Words are the voice of the heart.
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The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.
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Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.
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There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.
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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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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
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What the wise seek is in themselves.
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Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.
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Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.
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Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
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A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.
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If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.
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The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?
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Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.
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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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You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go.
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One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find.
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Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.
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If your desire is for good, the people will be good.
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Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.
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You judge yourself by what you think you can achieve, others judge you by what have achieved.
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You cannot open a book without learning something.
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If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.
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Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go.