Confucius Quotes

Whatever heaven ordains is best.

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When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?

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To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

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If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?

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The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.

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A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.

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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

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He who kisses girl on hillside is not level

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A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

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The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.

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Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

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A man of wisdom delights in water.

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Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

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Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments

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Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?

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Be in harmony, yet be different.

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The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.

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When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

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In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

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The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.

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