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The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Eagle and the Arrow
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Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
[The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects

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