Funny Quotes by Confucius

Man with hole in pocket, feel cocky all day.

— Confucius

Whatever heaven ordains is best.

— Confucius

The funniest people are the saddest once

— Confucius

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

— Confucius

I could see peace instead of this.

— Confucius

Sincerity is the way of heaven.

— Confucius

Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?

— Confucius

Never seek illicit wealth.

— Confucius

The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

— Confucius

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

— Confucius

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

— Confucius

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

— Confucius

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?

— Confucius

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

— Confucius

He who keeps danger in mind will rest safely in his seat.

— Confucius

Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

— Confucius

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

— Confucius

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

— Confucius

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

— Confucius

To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true…

— Confucius

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

— Confucius

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.

— Confucius

Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of…

— Confucius

He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is…

— Confucius

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty…

— Confucius

At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I…

— Confucius

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

— Confucius

He who sling mud, lose ground.

— Confucius

I never really said all those things I said

— Confucius

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

— Confucius

Man shoot at nothing, sure to hit it.

— Confucius

The inner nature of man is the province of Music.

— Confucius

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

— Confucius

“The funniest people are the saddest ones”

— Confucius

he who will not economize will agonize

— Confucius

The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.

— Confucius

It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.

— Confucius

Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.

— Confucius

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

— Confucius

You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?

— Confucius