Confucius Quotes

I never really said all those things I said

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The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.

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If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

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Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife

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An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

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A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

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Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it

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roads were made for journeys not destinations

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Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.

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Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.

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When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

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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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To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

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If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

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A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.

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Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.

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place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.

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A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

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

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