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Language Quotes by Confucius
- If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what…
- The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak,…
- If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what…
- In language clarity is everything.
- If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.
- Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.
- If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things
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