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Famous Confucius Quotes
“Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.”
“We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.”
“It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.”
“Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.”
“Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.”
“Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.”
“Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.”
“Learning without thought is labour lost.”
“To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.”
“The chase of gain is rich in hate”
“You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go”
“You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
“A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.”
“Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.”
“The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.”
“A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.”
“When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.”
“An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.”
“Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.”
“Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.”
“The man of humanity delights in mountains”
“Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.”
“A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.”
“It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.”