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Confucius
Ancient China
-551 // -479
Philosopher / Moralist
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On Language:
If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things
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On Virtue:
If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration - is not this the way to exalt virtue?
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On Thought:
If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand
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On Conduct:
I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances
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On Sincerity:
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles
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On Goodness:
He, who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own
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On Courage:
He is the truly courageous man who never desponds
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On Friend:
Have no friends not equal to yourself
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On Seriousness:
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree but it preserves it
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On Excess:
Excess weakens the spirits
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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