Confucius Quotes

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• The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
• Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
• True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.
• Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.
• The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let…
• The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
• It is better to play than do nothing.
• Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.
• The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.
• The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
• Only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable…
• Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
• Words are the voice of the heart.
• The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
• He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
• A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
• To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
• To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
• The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
• Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

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