Confucius Quotes - Page 33

• Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

  Confucius

  Speech, Action, Worried

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• If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

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  Anger, Men, Blame

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.1141, Delphi Classics

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• I never really said all those things I said

  Confucius

  Said

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• If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

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  Successful, Hands, May

  Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”

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• Excess weakens the spirits.

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  Excess, Spirit

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• For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.132, BookCaps Study Guides

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• To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

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  Practice, Study, Pleasure

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• When three persons work together, each can be the teacher in some aspects

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  Teacher, Working Together, Three

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• It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

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  Winter, Cypresses, Evergreens

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• One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.

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  Doe, Virtue, Eloquence

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• The wise men of antiquity, when they wished to make the whole world peaceful and happy, first put their own States into proper order. Before putting their States into proper order, they regulated their own families. Before regulating their families, they regulated themselves. Before regulating themselves, they tried to be sincere in their thoughts. Before being sincere in their thoughts, they tried to see things exactly as they really were.

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  Wise, Reality, Men

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• The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.

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  Wise, Anxiety, Virtuous

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

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• To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.

  Confucius

  Teaching, Strange, Dangerous

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.

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  Strong, Men, Lust

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• To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?

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  People, Worry, Joy

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• Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

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  Clever, Rudeness, Propriety

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.68, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me

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  Heaven, Human Nature, Virtue

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

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  Men, Benevolence, Benevolent

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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• Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated.

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  Compassion, Treats, Treated

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• Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

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  Thinking, Three, Action

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• But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?

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  Business, Effort, Taoism

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• An angry person is always full of poison.

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  Poison, Persons, Angry

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• Bird in hand makes it harder to blow nose.

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  Blow, Hands, Bird

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• The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.

  Confucius

  Running, Animal, Clouds

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