Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Confucius
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Confucius
Philosopher
Teacher
Writer
Zhongni
Confucio
Konfuzius
Kong Fuzi
Kongqiu
Kong Qiu
K'ung-fu-tzu
K'ung-tzu
Kongzi
K'ung Fu-tse
Kung Fu Tzu
Kung Fu-tse
Kongfuzi
Kong Fu Zi
Kungfutse
Friendship
Friends
Better
Never
Men
Contract
Thyself
Truthful
Contracts
More quotes by Confucius
Be aroused by poetry structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.
Confucius
The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is he does not desire to go beyond this.
Confucius
A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.
Confucius
I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.
Confucius
He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.
Confucius
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Confucius
Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.
Confucius
Time flows away like the water in the river.
Confucius
Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.
Confucius
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
Confucius
One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.
Confucius
At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.
Confucius
By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
Confucius
The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.
Confucius
A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.
Confucius
I could see peace instead of this.
Confucius
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
Confucius
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Confucius
To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things this is the nature of righteousness
Confucius
