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Confucius

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• “He that in his studies wholly applies himself to labour and exercise, and neglects meditation, loses his time, and he that only applies himself to meditation, and neglects labour and exercise, only wanders and loses himself.”

  Confucius (551–479 BC) said by 479 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Morals of Confucius, 2nd edition (London, 1724), Maxim X, p. 114

• “Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills”

  Confucius (551–479 BC) said by 479 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Reported in United States Congress House Committee on Agriculture (1973) Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, p. 21

• “Man has three ways of acting wisely. First, on meditation; that is the noblest. Secondly, on imitation; that is the easiest. Thirdly, on experience; that is the bitterest.”

  Confucius (551–479 BC) said by 479 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Analects, as reported in Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (1997), p. 279

• “It is not truth that makes man great, but man that makes truth great.”

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  Recorded in: As quoted in The Importance of Living (1937) by Lin Yutang, p. v

• “It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”

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  Recorded in: Reportedly in: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Mistrust, Conspiracy, and Lack of Internet Ethics (1980) Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress. p. 32

• “The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”

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  Recorded in: Attributed to Confucius in Out of the Blue: Delight Comes Into Our Lives (1996) by Mark Victor Hansen, Barbara Nichols, and Patty Hansen, p. 93

• “Follow the seasons of Ha, Ride in the state carriage of Yau, Wear the ceremonial cap of Chan, Let the music be the Shiu with its pantomimes.”

  Confucius (551–479 BC) said by 479 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quoted by T. W. Pearce, "Western Civilisation in Relation to Protestant Mission Work", The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society (August 1890), p. 237

• “學而時習之、不亦說乎。有朋自遠方來、不亦樂乎。人不知而不慍、不亦君子乎。”

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  Also quoted by: 孔子 (zh)

• “弟子，入則孝，出則弟，謹而信，凡愛眾，而親仁。行有餘力，則以學文。”

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• “主忠信。毋友不如己者。過，則勿憚改。”

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• “道千乘之國，敬事而信，節用而愛人，使民以時。”

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• “君子食無求飽，居無求安，敏於事而慎於言，就有道而正焉，可謂好學也已。”

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• “君子不重則不威，學則不固。主忠信。無友不如己者。過則勿憚改。”

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• “【第一章】子曰、爲政以德、譬如北辰、居其所、而眾星共之。”

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• “吾十有五而志於學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。”

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• “由，誨女知之乎，知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也。”

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• “視其所以，觀其所由，察其所安。人焉叟哉？人焉叟哉？”

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• “多聞闕疑，慎言其餘，則寡尤。多見闕殆，慎行其餘，則寡悔。言寡無，行寡悔，祿在其中矣。”

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• “非其鬼而祭之，諂也。見義不為，無勇也。”

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• “人而不仁、如禮何。人而不仁、如樂何。”

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• “君子無所爭、必也射乎、揖譲而升下、而飲、其爭也君子。”

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• “殷因於夏禮，所損益，可知也；周因於殷禮，所損益，可知也。其或繼周者，雖百世，可知也。”

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• “里仁為美、擇不處仁、焉得知。”

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• “父在，觀其志；父殁，觀其行；三年无改於父之道，可謂孝矣。”

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• “I am not concerned that I have no place; I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.”

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• “事父母幾諫，見志不從，又敬不違，勞而不怨。”

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• “季文子三思而後行。子聞之曰、再、斯可矣。”

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• “中人以上、可以語上也、中人以下、不可以語上也。”

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• “知者樂水，仁者樂山。知者動，仁者静。知者樂，仁者寿。”

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• “務民之義、敬鬼神而遠之。可謂知矣。”

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• “君子博學於文、約之以禮、亦可以弗畔矣夫。”

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  Also quoted by: 孔子 (zh)

• “To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.”

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• “Cornered vessel without corners, strange cornered vessel, strange cornered vessel.”

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• “不憤不啟；不悱不發。擧一隅，不以三隅反，則不復也。”

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• “三人行，必有我師焉：擇其善者而從之，其不善者而改之。”

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• “德之不修，學之不講，聞義不能徒，不善不能改，是吾憂也。”

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• “默而識之，學而不厭，誨人不倦，何有於我哉？”

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• “A man's character is formed by the Odes, developed by the Rites and perfected by music.”

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• “【第三章】【一節】司馬牛問仁。”

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• “The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech. When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?”

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• “【第四章】【一節】司馬牛問君子。子曰”

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• “The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear. When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?”

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• “君子敬而無失，與人恭而有禮，四海之內，皆兄弟也，君子何患乎無兄弟也！”

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• “Let the superior man never fail reverentially to order his own conduct, and let him be respectful to others and observant of propriety:—then all within the four seas, all men are brothers. What has the superior man to do with being distressed because he has no brothers?”

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• “去食、自古皆有死、民無信不立。”

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• “If the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state.”

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• “【十五章】子曰、博學於文、約之以禮、亦可以弗畔矣夫。”

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• “By extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, one may thus likewise not err from what is right.”

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• “唯女子與小人爲難養也！近之則不孫，遠之則怨。”

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• “君子安而不忘危，存而不忘亡，治而不忘亂。是以身安而國家可保也。”

  Confucius (551–479 BC) said by 479 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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