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Words of Wisdom by Confucius
- Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
- Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
- The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
- A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?
- To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
- Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.
- The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
- True wisdom is knowing what you don't know
- Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
- To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.
- Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
- It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who cannot change.
- There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third…
- Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there
- The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the man of courage has no fear.
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