Study the past if you would divine the future

Quote by Confucius

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Anyone who angers you conquers you

Anyone who angers you conquers you

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to...

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to...

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,...

Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in...

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in...

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

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

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by...

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by...

I do not want a friend Who smiles when I smile Who weeps when I...

I do not want a friend Who smiles when I smile Who weeps when I...

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

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

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the...

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the...

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

To love a thing means wanting it to live

To love a thing means wanting it to live

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return