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Confucius (September 28, 551 – 479 BC) was a famous Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced East Asian life and thought. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your comments or consult wikipedia
"What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others."
Confucius on Example
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"To go too far is as bad as to fall short."
Confucius on Excess
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Confucius on Failure
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"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake."
Confucius on Failure
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"Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things."
Confucius on Faithfulness
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"I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known."
Confucius on Fame
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"It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family."
Confucius on Family
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"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."
Confucius on Family
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"The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety."
Confucius on Family
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"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."
Confucius on Fate
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"The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them."
Confucius on Fathers
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"The real fault is to have faults and not amend them."
Confucius on Faults
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"Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed."
Confucius on Faults
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"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
Confucius on Faults
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"A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart."
Confucius on Fools and Foolishness
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"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
Confucius on Friends and Friendship
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"The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development."
Confucius on Growth
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"We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves."
Confucius on Happiness
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"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star."
Confucius on Ignorance
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"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in."
Confucius on Inaction
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"Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness."
Confucius on Kindness
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"Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others."
Confucius on Knowledge
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"To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge."
Confucius on Knowledge
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"The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance."
Confucius on Knowledge
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"If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?"
Confucius on Leaders and Leadership
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"When anger rises, think of the consequences."
Confucius on Anger
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"Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away."
Confucius on Animals
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"To love a thing means wanting it to live."
Confucius on Love
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"Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?"
Confucius on Love
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"Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society."
Confucius on Manners
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"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."
Confucius on Mistakes
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