Chinese and Arabian Literature - E. Wilson - The Search For Mecca

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CONFUCIUS
" And I should like," said Yen Yuen, " to live without boast-
ing of my abilities, and without display of meritorious deeds."
Tsz-lu then said, " I should like, sir, to hear what your heart
is set upon."
The Master replied, " It is this :—in regard to old people, to
give them quiet and comfort ;
ates, to be faithful to them ;
in regard to friends and associ-
in regard to the young, to treat
them with fostering affection and kindness."
On one occasion the Master exclaimed, " Ah, 'tis hopeless
I have not yet seen the man who can see his errors, so as in-
wardly to accuse himself."
" In a small cluster of houses there may well be," said he,
" some whose integrity and sincerity may compare with mine
but I yield to none in point of love of learning."
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