Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.
ConfuciusA country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.
ConfuciusIn the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.
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