The gentleman does not promote people merely on the basis of their words, nor does he reject words merely because of the person who uttered them.

Confucius
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  1. Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike. - Oscar Wilde

  2. The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned - Antonio Gramsci

  3. A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed. - Mencius

  4. Dove la moralità è troppo forte l'intelletto perisce. - Friedrich Nietzsche

  5. My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing, ' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be. - Frank Herbert

More Quotes By Confucius
  1. It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.

  2. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  3. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

  4. Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

  5. If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

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