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About Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
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Born:
551 BC, Qufu, Lu state
Died:
479 BC, Qufu, Lu state
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
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I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.
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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
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In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.
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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
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It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.
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The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration: this may be called perfect virtue.
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The Superior Man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
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A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake
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And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
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Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
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Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
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Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
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Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
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Heaven means to be one with God.
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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
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If we don't know life, how can we know death?
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If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
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It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
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Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
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No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
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Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
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Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
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Study the past, if you would divine the future.
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Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
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The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
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There is good government when those who are near are happy, and when those who are far away desire to come.
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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
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The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
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To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
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Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
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When anger rises, think of the consequences.
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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
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Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
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You cannot open a book without learning something.
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