Confucius’ famous sayings

1. Knowing shame is close to courage.

2. If you are not angry and enlightened, if you are not angry and angry, and if you do not turn back on something, you will never recover.

3. I worry about not cultivating virtues, not learning about them, not being able to move after hearing the righteousness, and not being able to correct bad deeds.

4. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself.

5. If you want to establish yourself, you should establish others; if you want to achieve yourself, you should achieve others.

6. Being poor does not compromise justice, and attaining does not deviate from the Tao.

7. Those who know something are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy.

8. What a joy it is to have friends coming from afar!

9. Knowing things silently, being tireless in learning, and never tiring in teaching others, what is there for me?

10. Keep learning until you close the coffin.

11. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will.

12. Learning without thinking means nothing, thinking without learning means danger.

13. The future generations are to be feared. How could one know that those who come are not as good as they are now.

14. When making friends with others, you should promote those who are strong and avoid those who are weak, so you can last a long time.

15. The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night.

16. Do your duty without giving in to the teacher.

17. Do I know anything? Ignorance. A humble man asked me about it, but it was empty. I knocked on both ends and drained it.

18. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes.

19. There is something like nothing, reality seems like emptiness, mistakes are made without correcting.

20. Those who are always at ease will not have broad ambitions.

21. If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be deeply resentful.

22. First of all, I listen to others and believe in their actions. Now I am like a man, listening to his words and watching his actions.

23. A gentleman seeks everything from himself, while a villain seeks everything from others.

24. Aspire to Tao, base on virtue, rely on benevolence, and wander in art.

25. If you are a person of three, you must have a teacher: choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

26. A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to benefit.

27. Is it possible to love someone without having to work hard? If you are loyal, can you not teach me?

28. Zi Yi four teachings: literature, conduct, loyalty, and trustworthiness.

29. I don’t eat all day long, stay up all night, and think about it, it’s useless, it’s not as good as learning.

30. Youth is like nature, and habits are like nature.

31. A gentleman is concerned about morality but not poverty.

32. If you don’t practice virtue, don’t learn to teach, can’t move after hearing the righteousness, and can’t change your bad deeds, are you worried?

33. A gentleman is arrogant but not arrogant, and a villain is arrogant but not arrogant.

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