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The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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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?: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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