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- The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
- 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
- He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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