Quote #4265
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Category Archives: Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Quote #4266
The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed...
Quote #4267
The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view...
Quote #4269
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Quote #4270
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Quote #4271
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Quote #4272
The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at...
Quote #4255
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and...
Quote #4239
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
Quote #4256
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for...