Confucius Quotes - Page 30

• If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.

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  People, And Love, Attention

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

  Confucius

  Funny, Happiness, Pain

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• Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

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  Character, Men, Practice

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.28, Delphi Classics

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• I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.

  Confucius

  Teaching, Oneness, Antiquity

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• The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

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  Profound, Joy, Parent

  Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

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• If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.

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  Yoga, Thinking, Hands

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "The Analects".

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• If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

  Confucius

  Music, Men, Propriety

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• Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

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  Mean, Self, Waste

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Friendship with the upright, with the truthful and with the well informed is beneficial. Friendship with those who flatter, with those who are meek and who compromise with principles, and with those who talk cleverly is harmful.

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  Inspirational, Principles, Truthful

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• I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?

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  Practice, Three, Taught

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects”, p.16, Courier Corporation

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• A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.

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  Gentleman, Wish, Speak

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go[3]

  Confucius

  Games, Play, Gentleman

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• In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.

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  Teaching, Class, Should

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.305, Courier Corporation

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• Every thoughtful pin on pinterest has beauty. But not everyone can see.

  Confucius

  Thoughtful, Pinterest, Social Media

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• That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

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  Men, Dupes, Life Is

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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• There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower. There are cases where it flowers, but no fruit is subsequently produced.

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  Spring, Flower, Immaturity

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

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• In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

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  Promise, Able

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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• In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.

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  Archer, Character, Men

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.28, Delphi Classics

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• When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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  Inspirational, Character, Learning

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• When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

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  Heart, Men, Thinking

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• The inner nature of man is the province of Music.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.

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  Teacher, Add, New Knowledge

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.

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  Love, Mother, Dream

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• Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

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  Way

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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