Confucius Quotes - Page 27

• We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

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  Eye, Honor, Should

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• The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

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  Family, Strength, Peace

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• Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

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  Dance, Men, Giving

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• Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.

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  Adversity, Sacrifice, Race

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 46, 1895.

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• I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

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  Men, Goes On, Deeds

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.

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  Exercise, Principles, Path

  James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.290

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• Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

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  Kindness, Real, People

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• If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

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  Done, Way, Firsts

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• If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

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  Mind, Worship, Engaged

  "The Works of Confucius".

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• If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?

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  Knows, Ifs

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• The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

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  Honesty, Men, Life Is

  Confucius (2014). “THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS”, p.93, Lulu.com

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• He who chases two rabbits, catches none.

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  Two, Rabbits

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• Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are not sincere and untrustworthy in your speech, frivolous and careless in your actions, how will you get along even among your own neighbors? When stand, see these principles in front of you; in your carriage see them on the yoke. Then you may be sure to get along.

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  Honesty, Principles, Yoke

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• The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.

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  Food, Cutting, Cooking

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

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  Revenge, Blessing, Boredom

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• When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

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  Clever, Justice, Virtue

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• Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows.

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  Wisdom, Real, Understanding

  "The wisdom of Confucius".

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• When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

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  Mistake, Educational, Failure

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.141, Courier Corporation

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• Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.

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  People, Sound, Influence

  Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.297

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• If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

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  Spiritual, Silence, Silent

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• There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.

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  Confidence, War, Military

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• One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.

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  Men, Law, Long

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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• The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.

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  Positive, Men, Demand

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• Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.

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  Men, Propriety

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