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Example Quotes by Confucius
- It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example.
- Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them…
- When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
- By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
- To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?
- From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of…
- Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
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