The Wisdom of Confucius
By: Confucius
3.66
Format: 265 pages, Hardback
Includes a section on the life of Confucius, chapters on central harmony, ethics and politics, Conf…
Want to Read"It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up..."-Confucius, The Wisdom of Confucius
"It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up..."-Confucius, The Wisdom of Confucius
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"it is not exact or relevant to say “I experience"-John Dewey, Experience and Nature
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4.14
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"How much he could believe of it, he did not know; for he did not know the man, and he had learned to suspect that every civilized man was a liar and a cheat until he had proved himself otherwise."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Magnificent (Tarzan, #21)
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30. The Wisdom of Confucius
By: Confucius
3.66
Format: 265 pages, Hardback
Includes a section on the life of Confucius, chapters on central harmony, ethics and politics, Conf… read more
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"It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up..."-Confucius, The Wisdom of Confucius
