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More Confucius quotes
"Study the past if you would define the future.
"At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At f...
"Learning without thought is labor lost thought without learning is perilous.
"If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.
"When the Master entered the great temple he asked about everything. Someone said, ‘Who will say that this son of the man of Zou knows about ritual? Wh...
"Even when walking in the company of two other men, I am bound to be able to learn from them. The good points of the one I copy, the bad points of the ...