Capitalism Quote by Confucius

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

— Confucius

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

— Hilaire Belloc

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby…

— Confucius

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

— Anonymous

The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living.…

— Confucius

The gentleman is a man of truth, lord of his own actions, and expressing that lordship in his behavior, not in any manner dependent…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.

— Confucius

“The Master said, “The gentleman does not serve as a vessel.” (Analects 2.12)”

— Confucius

“One could call a master a good master because he did not whip his slaves, but ultimately he was still and owner of men,…

— Nick Lake

A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable

— Anonymous

“If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.”

— Oscar Wilde

“...a great man who is vicious will only be a great doer of evil, and a rich man who is not liberal will be…

— Miguel Cervantes