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Famous Confucius Quotes
“Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
“Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.”
“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”
“People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.”
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”
“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.”
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.”
“The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.”
“Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.”
“It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.”
“The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.”
“A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.”
“The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.”
“Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.”
“Sincerity is the way of heaven.”
“It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.”
“When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.”
“He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.”
“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
“To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.”
“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”
“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”
“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.”
“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.”
“Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.”
“Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.”
“Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.”