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Confucius Quotes

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.
- Confucius

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?
- Confucius

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
- Confucius

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
- Confucius

Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.
- Confucius

Our greatest joy is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Confucius

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
- Confucius

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
- Confucius

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
- Confucius

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life reciprocity.
- Confucius

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
- Confucius

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
- Confucius

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
- Confucius

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things.
- Confucius

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
- Confucius

Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.
- Confucius

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
- Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost.
- Confucius

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
- Confucius

To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
- Confucius

Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
- Confucius

The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.
- Confucius

Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
- Confucius

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
- Confucius

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
- Confucius

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
- Confucius

Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
- Confucius

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.
- Confucius

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
- Confucius

When anger rises, think of the consequences
- Confucius

Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.
- Confucius

To love a thing means wanting it to live.
- Confucius

Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant.
- Confucius

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
- Confucius

Study the past if you would divine the future.
- Confucius

When it is obvious that the goals cannot cialis online be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
- Confucius

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