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Confucius

Society
The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.
3.6 · 61 votes · 95 reads
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Time
The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
4.8 · 58 votes · 62 reads
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Society
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
4.1 · 34 votes · 24 reads
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Nature
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
4.3 · 21 votes · 124 reads
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Nature
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.
3.7 · 42 votes · 116 reads
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Thought and Reason
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
4.1 · 51 votes · 8 reads
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Virtues
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.
3.2 · 36 votes · 77 reads
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Virtues
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.
4.1 · 11 votes · 88 reads
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Society
They must change who would be constant in happiness and wisdom.
5.0 · 30 votes · 68 reads
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Virtues
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 knows how to cultivate his own character. Knowing how to cultivate his own characte
4.6 · 38 votes · 155 reads
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Society
To be with God.
3.7 · 33 votes · 18 reads
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Various
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
4.9 · 16 votes · 169 reads
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Defects
To go too far is as bad as to fall short.
4.0 · 42 votes · 108 reads
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Virtues
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
4.0 · 49 votes · 192 reads
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Defects
To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
3.7 · 15 votes · 163 reads
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Feelings
To love a thing means wanting it to live.
3.8 · 35 votes · 117 reads
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Society
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 heart
4.4 · 16 votes · 137 reads
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Defects
To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
3.5 · 32 votes · 187 reads
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Thought and Reason
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.
4.9 · 37 votes · 13 reads
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Feelings
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
4.4 · 24 votes · 4 reads
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Feelings
We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves.
4.7 · 27 votes · 98 reads
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Various
What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.
4.7 · 57 votes · 10 reads
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Feelings
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
3.0 · 20 votes · 41 reads
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Various
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
3.2 · 25 votes · 183 reads
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Virtues
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
4.2 · 43 votes · 178 reads
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Virtues
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.
3.8 · 57 votes · 1 reads
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Various
When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
4.6 · 30 votes · 103 reads
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Virtues
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
3.4 · 5 votes · 111 reads
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Feelings
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.
3.3 · 28 votes · 127 reads
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Various
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
3.0 · 33 votes · 97 reads
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Thought and Reason
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.
3.7 · 24 votes · 97 reads
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Feelings
Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
4.1 · 61 votes · 88 reads
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