Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

Quote by Confucius

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Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you...

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you...

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it...

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it...

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.

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.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of...

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of...

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the...

The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the...

Anyone who angers you conquers you

Anyone who angers you conquers you

The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle....

The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle....

Anger is like drinking poison & expecting the other person to die.

Anger is like drinking poison & expecting the other person to die.