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- In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), Analects, IV.7
- Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), Analects, XV.24
- To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- 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.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
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