Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Death Quotes

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

Never give a sword to a man who cant dance.

Never give a sword to a man who cant dance.

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near...

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near...

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their...

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their...

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When...

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the...

The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the...

By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing...

By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing...