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Confucius Quotes

«If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.»
Author: Confucius | About: Sorrow | Keywords: at hand, distant
«The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.»
«It is because men are prone to be partial towards those they love, unjust to those they hate, servile to those above them, and either harsh or overindulgent to those below them in station, poverty or distress, that it is difficult to find anyone capa»
«Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors»
Author: Confucius | About: Virtue | Keywords: bound, neighbors, solitary
«The cautious seldom err.»
Author: Confucius | Keywords: cautious, err
«If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.»
«Silence is a friend who will never betray»
Author: Confucius | About: Silence | Keywords: betray
«Have no friends not equal to yourself.»
Author: Confucius | About: Equality, Friends | Keywords: equal to
«Heaven means to be one with God.»
Author: Confucius | About: God, Heaven
«He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.»
Author: Confucius | About: Charity | Keywords: secure, secured, wished