Random Quotes
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The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?Confucius, The Confucian Analects
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one.Mark Twain
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.Confucius, The Confucian Analects