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

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?

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.

To entire sincerity there belongs ceaselessness.

Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.

Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential. These are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.

Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.

When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration: this may be called perfect virtue.

When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.

When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of.