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Against Quotes by Confucius
- The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.
- When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO…
- There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ...…
- Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.
- In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.
- In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.
- A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.
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