Confucius
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.

The cautious seldom err.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

The Superior Man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.

What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know.

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.

Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Mean! Rare have they long been among the people, who could practice it!