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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.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- [The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- 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.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- 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.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- 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.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The cautious seldom err.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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