Quote #83
While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits... While you do not know life, how can you know about death?
More from Confucius
- Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
- Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
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- An oppressive government is more to be feared than a man-eating tiger.
- When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
- Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
- When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
- Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.