Study the past if you would divine the future

Quote by Confucius

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To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

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.

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule,...

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule,...

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

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...

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

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 superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes...

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes...

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

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...

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little;...

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little;...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.