Quotes of Confucius

[Greg_Dyke]

.....you might just learn something !

 

 

"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."

wise words !

 

 

"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."

 

"The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall to-day be uppermost."

This can be applied to any football team, (except Man Utd, I suppose !)

 

"It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them."

 

"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get."

 

"It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop."

This can be appiled to my football career

 

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

 

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."

 

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."

 

"Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic."

 

"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."

[Greg_Dyke]

[Big J R]

Those are the sensible sayings.

 

The others are along the lines of....

 

"Confucious, he say, woman flying upside-down have crack-up."

 

and

 

"Confucious, he say that rape is impossible. Woman with skirt up able to run much faster than man with trouser down."

[dr gas]

....also

"swinging chain denotes warm seat"

[Burnham Lad]

Confucius he say "Manager who gets support of Chairman should be very afraid....."

[Big J R]

"Confucious, he say, woman laying on side of hill, not on level !"

[Burnham Lad]

Confucius, he say, man who keep hand in pocket feel cocky all day.