“When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.”
Source: The Best of Confucius
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Famous Confucius Quotes
“Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.”
“The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.”
Source: Lunyu
“A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.”
“If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.”
Source: Confucius: The Analects
“A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails.”
“The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.”
“Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.”
“If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.”
Source: The wisdom of Confucius
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius
“To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.”
Source: Le Lun Yü en français
“To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?”
“True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)