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Best Them Quotes by Confucius
- If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with…
- The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do…
- The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end…
- If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the…
- It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
- The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks…
- When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and…
- Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a…
- Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
- The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I…
- No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you…
- There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we…
- The Master said, “Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not…
- We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living
- When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you…
- When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
- Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
- Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there
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