Quotes by Confucius
If we don't know life, how can we know death
Confucius
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
Confucius
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
Confucius
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
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Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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He who does not economize will have to agonize.
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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
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Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
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The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends. Such a man may be reckoned a complete man.
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Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
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Respect yourself and others will respect you.
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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
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Learning without thought is labor lost.
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There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity.
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
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Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
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Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.
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A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.
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To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
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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.
Confucius