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Quotations from Confucius 知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。 TO be found of knowledge is better than to know it, to delight in it is better than to be fond of it. 君子以文会友，以友辅仁。 The superior man on grounds of culture meets with his friends, and by their friendship helps his virtue. 欲速则不达，见小利则大事不成。 If you have things done hastily, you will not reach the goal. If you only see small gains, you will not accomplish great tasks. 言必信，行必果。 Keep what you say and carry out what you do. 人而无信，不知其可也。 I do not know how a man without truthfulness is acceptable. 君子和而不同，小人同而不和。 The superior man aims at harmony but not at uniformity. The mean man aims at uniformity but not at harmony. 工欲善其事，必先利其器。 A craftsman who wishes to do his work well must first sharpen his tools. 君子不以言举人，不以人废言。 The superior man does not promote a man simply on account of his words, nor does he put aside goods words because of the man. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. 过而不改，是谓过矣。 Not to mend the fault one has made it to err indeed. 当仁不让于师。 When it comes to benevolence, one need not give precedence even to his teachers. 有教无类。 In teaching there should be no distinction of classes. 性相近也，习相远也。 By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. 其身正，不令而行；其身不正，虽令不从。 When a ruler’s personal conduct is correct, he will be obeyed without the issuing of orders. If his personal conduct is not correct, he may issue orders, but they will not be followed. 为政以德，譬如北辰居其所而众星共之。 He who rules by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. 知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。 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. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。 Learning without thought is lost; thought without learning is perilous. 温故而知新，可以为师矣。 If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others. 礼之用，和为贵。 In practi