Confucius Quotes - Page 13

• One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.

  Confucius

  Hundred, Testicles, Women Bashing

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• He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

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  Horse, Mouths, Four

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• True wisdom is knowing what you don't know

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  Knowing, True Wisdom, Knows

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• Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

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  Animal, People, Littles

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• Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

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  Settling, Hundred, Difficulty

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• The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others.

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  Men, Perfect, Wish

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

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• I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

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  Life, Success, Smart

  Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.80, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The man who loves his job never works a day in his life.

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  Jobs, Men, He Man

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• The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

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  Money, Business, Philosophical

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.

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  Anxiety, Spirituality, Ashamed

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• To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

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  Wisdom, Proud, Murmuring

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

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• A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.

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  Men, Doe, Ruthlessness

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• A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties

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  Men, Anxiety, Superior Man

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• A youth is to be regarded with respect.

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  Youth

  James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.172

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• Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.

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  Knowing, Cowardice, Worst

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• I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

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  Squares, Giving, Three

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• Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

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  Integrity, No Friends, Faults

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• You cannot open a book without learning something.

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  Educational, Book, Reading

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Do not let a leader lead you on a bad path.

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  Leader, Path

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• Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

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  Love, Strong, Learning

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• Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

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  Stars, Ignorance, Knowledge

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• The people may be put into the way they should go, though they may not be put into the way of understanding it.

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  People, Understanding, May

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

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• The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do no harm, and does not refrain from them. Hence, his wickedness becomes so great that it cannot be concealed, and his guilt so great that it cannot be pardoned.

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  Men, Thinking, Small Acts

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• There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.

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  Wise, Strong, Men

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