If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

Confucius

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What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

Confucius

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A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

Confucius


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Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

Confucius


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It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Confucius

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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Confucius

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Don't use cannon to kill musquito.

Confucius


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The Master said, “The gentleman does not serve as a vessel.”
(Analects 2.12)

Confucius

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The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”
(Analects 6.11)

Confucius

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The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.

Confucius

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