Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

The superior man is distressed by his want of ability.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Chi Wen Tze always thought three times before acting. Twice would have been enough.

It is only the wisest and the very stupidest who cannot change.

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.

"This is the Confucius translation for our time."--Jonathan Mirsky, The Times [London]

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In this gem-like translation by Simon Leys, Confucius speaks with clarity and brilliance. He emerges as a man of great passion and many enthusiasms, a man of bold action whose true vocation is politics. Confucius (551-479 B.C.) lived in an age of acute cultural and political crisis. Many of his observations mark a world sinking into violence and barbarity. Unable to obtain the leading political role he sought, he endeavored to reform society and salvage civilization through ethical debate, defining for ages to come the public mission of the intellectual.

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