I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.
ConfuciusI saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.
ConfuciusMany seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.
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