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A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
Confucius
Fools and Foolishness
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A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
Confucius
Planning
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A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Confucius
Failure
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Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.
Confucius
Knowledge
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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Confucius
Revenge
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Boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination.
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Risk
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
Wisdom
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Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?
Confucius
Love
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Chose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius
Work
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Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.
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Manners
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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
Confucius
Fate
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Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
Confucius
Achievement
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Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
Confucius
Worry
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Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
Confucius
Complaints and Complaining
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Confucius
Beauty
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Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
Confucius
Faithfulness
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Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Confucius
Friends and Friendship
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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
Confucius
Self control
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He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
Confucius
Rewards
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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
Confucius
Fame
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I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.
Confucius
Virtue
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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
Confucius
Motivation
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If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?
Confucius
Leaders and Leadership
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If you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there, what is there to fear?
Confucius
Conscience
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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Confucius
Teachers and Teaching
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
Confucius
Ignorance
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In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Confucius
Poverty and The Poor
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It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Confucius
Complaints and Complaining
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It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
Confucius
Truth
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It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
Confucius
Family
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Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Confucius
Learning
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Learning without thought is labor lost. Thought without learning is perilous.
Confucius
Thoughts and Thinking
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Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.
Confucius
Simplicity
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Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldn't not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.
Confucius
Forgiveness
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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
Confucius
Inaction
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Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
Confucius
Animal
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Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
Confucius
Faults
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Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence.
Confucius
Neighbors
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Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.
Confucius
Change
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
Failure
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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Confucius
Kindness
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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
Confucius
Silence
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Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
Confucius
Sincerity
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Study the past if you would divine the future.
Confucius
Past
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The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
Confucius
Knowledge
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Confucius
Diligence
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The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
Confucius
Father
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The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
Confucius
Faults
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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Confucius
Self-talk
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The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.
Confucius
Family
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The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
Confucius
Growth
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The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
Confucius
Faults
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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
Confucius
Family
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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
Confucius
Action
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The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
Confucius
Superiority
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The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius
Action
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Confucius
Virtue
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
Confucius
Right and Rightness
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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.
Confucius
Character
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The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.
Confucius
Superiority
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The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.
Confucius
Fate
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There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
Wisdom
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They must change who would be constant in happiness and wisdom.
Confucius
Change
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Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
Confucius
Vice
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To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
Confucius
Virtue
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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things
Confucius
Character
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To be with God.
Confucius
Heaven
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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
Confucius
Mistakes
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To go too far is as bad as to fall short.
Confucius
Excess
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To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Confucius
Knowledge
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To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
Confucius
Coward and Cowardice
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To love a thing means wanting it to live.
Confucius
Love
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To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.
Confucius
Change
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To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
Confucius
Wickedness
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To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.
Confucius
Uncategorised
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To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.
Confucius
Perception
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Tsze-Kung asked, saying, is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life? The Master said, Is not Reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius
Words
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Confucius
Practice
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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
Confucius
Sorrow
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We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves.
Confucius
Happiness
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What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others.
Confucius
Superiority
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What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.
Confucius
Example
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When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Confucius
Anger
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When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant.
Confucius
Scholars and Scholarship
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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
Confucius
Prosperity
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When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.
Confucius
Uncategorised
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When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Confucius
Character
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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
Confucius
Faults
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When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it--this is knowledge.
Confucius
Knowledge
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When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
Confucius
Service
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Confucius
Wisdom
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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.
Confucius
Joy
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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
Confucius
Respectability
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Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.
Confucius
Words
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Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
Confucius
Worry
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