"We should keep the dead before our..." - Quote by Confucius
We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living
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“The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.”
“Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
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“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”
“Grace and remembrance be to you both.”
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“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.”
“A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.”
“If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.”