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Confucius

Read through the most famous quotes from Confucius




Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!


— Confucius


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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.


— Confucius


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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.


— Confucius


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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.


— Confucius


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


— Confucius


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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.


— Confucius


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When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.


— Confucius


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The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.


— Confucius


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The cautious seldom err.


— Confucius


#cautious #err #seldom

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.


— Confucius


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A good example is found in this famous anecdote:

廄焚。子退朝,曰:“傷人乎?” 不問馬。
When the stables were burnt down on returning from court Confucius said "Was anyone hurt?" He did not ask about the horses. Because of the huge interest in the Confucius family tree there was a project in China to test the DNA of known family members. Kung Te-cheng died in October 2008 and his son Kung Wei-yi the 78th lineal descendant had died in 1989.

Following the victory of Han over Chu after the collapse of Qin Confucius's thoughts received official sanction and were further developed into a system known as Confucianism. He espoused the well-known principle "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself" an early version of the Golden Rule. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality correctness of social relationships justice and sincerity.

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