Character Takes Quotes by Confucius

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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…
• 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…
• Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.

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