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Quotes by Confucius, The Confucian Analects

"Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue."
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"If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has."
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"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."
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"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
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"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
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"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."
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"[The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions."
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"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
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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."
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"Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame."
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"I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it."
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"The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow."
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"When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."
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"The cautious seldom err."
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"Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."
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"The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration."
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"With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud."
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"I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there."
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"Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand."
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"The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."
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"The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it."
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"While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?"
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"To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short."
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"He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed."
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"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."
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