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Famous Confucius Quotes
“Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.”
“The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.”
“The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.”
“The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.”
“Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.”
“In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.”
“Sincerity is the way of heaven.”
“You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.”
“It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.”
“To love a thing means wanting it to live.”
“When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.”
“A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.”
“You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?”
“When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.”
“Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire”
“I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.”
“Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me”
“Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.”
“He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.”