Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1910 — SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS. [ARTICLE]

SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS.

Have no friends not equal to yourself. The accomplished scholar is not a utensil. Learning without thought is labot lost. Thought without learning is perilous. Fine words and an insinauting appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

I will not be affected at men’s not knowing me. I will be afflicted that I do not know men.

To rule a country there must be reverent attention to business, sincerity, economy in expenditure, and love for men.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the ;north polar star, which keeps its place, and all the stars turn toward it.

At 15 I had my mind bent on learning. At 30 I stood firm. At 40 I had no doubts. At 50 I knew the decrees of heaven. At 60 my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At 70 I could follow what my heart desired without transgressing what was right.