Knows Quotes by Confucius

The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.

— Confucius

True wisdom is knowing what you don't know

— Confucius

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

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Grieve not that men do not know you; grieve that you do not know men.

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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

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

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

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If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.

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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

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Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

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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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If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?

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They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to…

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To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that…

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To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take…

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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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Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held.…

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To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man…

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We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do…

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I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how…

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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what…

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To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To…

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If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?

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How should I know anything about another world when I know so little of this?

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The more people know, the more they forgive.

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He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

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Every man knows the smell of his own fart.

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To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.

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

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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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Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows.

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Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?

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I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.

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To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.

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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…

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Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people.

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Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

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To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.

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Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

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While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how…

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