Quote #4239
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
Category Archives: Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Quote #4256
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for...
Quote #4240
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it...
Quote #4258
I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am...
Quote #4241
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
Quote #4259
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is...
Quote #4242
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Quote #4260
The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of...
Quote #4243
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
Quote #4261
The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may...