Confucius Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Three Quotes

Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

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Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.

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There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.

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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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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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He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

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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.

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When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.

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The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it

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The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

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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.

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On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words.

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There is no body but eats and drinks. But they are few who can distinguish flavors.

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When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

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Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.

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The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

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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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Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

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He who is really kind, can never be unhappy

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In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

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