“The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.”
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Famous Confucius Quotes
“There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.”
“Don't make to others what you don't want them to make to you.”
“Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.”
“Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?”
“There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.”
“Who contains himself goes seldom wrong.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.”
“He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.”
Source: The Analects
“Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.”
Source: The Best of Confucius
Source: 论语
“To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.”
Source: 论语
“Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.”
“First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.”
“To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?”
“One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find.”
“Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.”
Source: Confucius: The Analects
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.”
Source: Confucius: The Analects
“Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.”
Source: The Analects
“All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.”
“Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius
“The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.”
“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
Source: The Analects
Source: Lunyu