Confucius Quotes - Page 26

• Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

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  Revenge, Blessing, Boredom

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• If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

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  Music, Men, Propriety

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• The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy.

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  Greatness, Men, Honor

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.2, Delphi Classics

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• There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

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  Character, Secret, Confucianism

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.384, Courier Corporation

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• To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.

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  Chinese, True Knowledge, Knows

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• Who contains himself goes seldom wrong.

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  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.

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  Confidence, War, Military

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• The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.

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  Military, Government, People

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.254, Courier Corporation

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• One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.

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  Men, Law, Long

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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• We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

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  Eye, Honor, Should

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• Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

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  Life, Philosophical, Fate

  Confucius (2014). “Confucian Analects”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.

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  Grief, Mourning

  Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

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• To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To know the sense of shame is to draw close to courage. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate his own character. Knowing how to cultivate his own character, he knows how to govern other men. Knowing how to govern other men, he knows how to govern the world, its states, and its families.

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  Character, Men, Practice

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• I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

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  Men, Goes On, Deeds

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• Make fair agreements and stick to them

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  Agreement, Sticks, Fairs

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• When frying small fish, disturb them little.

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  Littles, Fishes, Frying

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• You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

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  People, Force, Certain

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• Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.

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  Fall, Tree, Heaven

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.29, Delphi Classics

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• Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.

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  Learning, Ignorance, Achievement

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• There is nothing impossible in all the world except that the heart of man is wanting in resolution.

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  Motivational, Heart, Men

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• The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.

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  Gentleman, Desire, Speech

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

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  Stars, Administration, Excellent

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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• When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.

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  Nature, Culture, Pedants

  "Lun Yü".

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• A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.

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  Gentleman, Pay, Vulgar

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• To love a thing means wanting it to live.

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  Love, Mean

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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