From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence.


The four books (ed. 1930)

Confucius Quotes

From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness...

From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness...

From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness...

From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness...