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Truth Quotes by Confucius
- Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
- The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.
- It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
- Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.
- The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.
- They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight…
- He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.
- Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
- The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
- The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
- The object of the superior man is truth.
- And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
- Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
- Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.
- If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.
- Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.
- Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
- Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness
- If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things
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