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- To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.
- Confucius Analects
- If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present?
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), Analects
- 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."
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), nalects, IV.11
- If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), Analects, XIV.12
- It is only the benevolent man who is capable of liking or disliking other men.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), Analects, IV.3
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