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Confucius

Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist

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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (17 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1998)

Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

Confucius, in Food and Drink

#  ·  **-- Not So Good (60 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

Confucius, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  **-- Not So Good (9 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Confucius, in Work and Recreation

#  ·  **-- Not So Good (17 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Confucius, in Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  **-- Not So Good (13 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Confucius, in Wisdom and Ignorance

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