Confucius

I could see peace instead of this.

— Confucius

To think twice is quite enough.

— Confucius

Forget injuries; never forget kindness.

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Have no friends not equal to yourself.

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Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.

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Excess weakens the spirits.

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Be in harmony, yet be different.

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All men are born good.

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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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To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.

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Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.

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“On peut obliger le peuple à obéir. On ne peut pas le forcer à comprendre.”

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Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.

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Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?

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What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

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Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.

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The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold…

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Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving

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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

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The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.

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He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.

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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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I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest…

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If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is…

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If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true…

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At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At…

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A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth…

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From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition…

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Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life? The Master said, Is…

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All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are…

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These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal…

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To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must…

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The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps…

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place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he…

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When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will…

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There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler.…

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“For this reason the gentleman will employ a man on a distant mission and observe his degree of loyalty, will employ him…

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Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be…

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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,…

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Only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to…

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