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Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Confucius
Cannot, Means, Himself
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
Confucius
Knowledge, Hold, Allow
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Confucius
Ability, Catch, Demand
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Confucius
Friendship, Contract, Thyself
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
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Cowardice
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
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Before, Action, Superior
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
Confucius
Sympathy, Sorrow, Oppression
If we don't know life, how can we know death?
Confucius
Life, Death
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
Confucius
Change, Person, Sun
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Confucius
Government, May, Place
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
Experience, Wisdom, Reflection
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
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Life, Work, Perfect
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius
Speech, Actions, Superior
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Confucius
Learning, Lost, Thought
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
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Alone, Stand, Left
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
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Common, Virtue, Comfort
Heaven means to be one with God.
Confucius
God, Means, Heaven
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
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Revenge, Often, Boredom
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Confucius
Simple, Virtue, Modest
When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
Confucius
Yourself, Same, Others
The cautious seldom err.
Confucius
Leadership, Seldom, Cautious
The object of the superior man is truth.
Confucius
Truth, Superior, Object
The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
Confucius
Book, Attention, Books
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.
Confucius
Success, Makes, Interest
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
Confucius
Short, Wrong, Fall

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Nationality: Chinese
Born: 551 BC
Died: 479 BC

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