Confucius Quotes, Men Quotes, Poverty Quotes

The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

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The application of force alone, without support based on a spiritual concept, can never bring about the destruction of an idea or arrest the propagation of it, unless one is ready and able to ruthlessly to exterminate the last upholders of that idea even to a man, and also wipe out any tradition which it may tend to leave behind.

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Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; that is, he seeks other men, and the rest.

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O foolish anxiety of wretched man, how inconclusive are the arguments which make thee beat thy wings below!

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Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance.

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Egotism is a kind of buckram that gives momentary strength and concentration to men, and seems to be much used in Nature for fabrics in which local and spasmodic energy is required.

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That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.

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The wish to acquire is in truth very natural and common, and men always do so when they can.but when they cannot do so, yet wish to do so by any means, then there is folly and blame.

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Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Mean Quotes , Men Quotes

Great is the man who can overcome the world, but greater still is the man who can overcome himself, for he will have the world spinning on the palm of his hand.

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The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.

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Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.

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We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does.

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Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.

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Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

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I have discovered that man is superior to the system he propounds.

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There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.

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...the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy.

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If a man does not talk to himself, it is because he is not worth talking to.

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Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.

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Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.

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