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Them Quotes by Confucius
- The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
- The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
- To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
- If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and…
- You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
- When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid…
- Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are…
- Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if…
- Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.
- Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be…
- He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
- I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer…
- Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not…
- Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior…
- There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is…
- Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
- Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance
- On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong.…
- When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the…
- All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any…
- 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…
- A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
- Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.
- A good man does not worry about not being known by others, but rather is concerned about not knowing them.
- Make fair agreements and stick to them
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