Confucius

To know and not do, is to not yet know.

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He who sling mud, lose ground.

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The cautious seldom err.

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I am not an originator but a transmitter.

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An image is better than one thousand words

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Do unto others what you want done unto you.

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Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

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I never really said all those things I said

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A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

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Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

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I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.

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Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

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True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge.

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Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

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First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.

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One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.

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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…

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A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety;…

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Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the…

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Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?

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The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the…

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If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

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The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

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Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one…

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Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold…

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The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is…

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“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. Confucius This is a major problem in America,…

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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…

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Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you…

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What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of…

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Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of…

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Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to…

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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous;…

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Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But…

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“The Master said, "I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who…

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“At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I…

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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship…

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“Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to…

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How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up…

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Kong Qiu, or Master Kong as he was known, did not live to see his days of glory. During his lifetime, his…

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