1,153 Quotes by Confucius

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

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    Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.

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    There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.

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

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    Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.

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    The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.

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