 | Samuel Johnson - 1877 - 1012 sivua
...to carry out in conduct what he believes right.7 He dares not rank himself with the great ideals. " It may simply be said of me that I strive to become like them." He pretends to no originality : " a transmitter, not a maker, believing in and loving the... | |
 | Ross Winans - 1873 - 496 sivua
...knowledge. " Is virtue a thing remote ? I wish to be virtuous, and lo ! virtue is at hand." The Master said, " The sage and the man of perfect virtue : —...that I strive to become such without satiety, and teach others without weariness. '• When those who are in high stations perform well all their duties... | |
 | James Legge - 1875 - 364 sivua
...statements just made. The following are some of his sayings. — "The sage and the man His own es- / of perfect virtue; — how dare I rank myself with them ? It may simply be said of me, that doctrines. I strive to become such without satiety, and teach others •without weariness." " In letters... | |
 | John Russell (Viscount Amberley.) - 1877 - 526 sivua
...will select their good qualities, and follow them ; their bad qualities, and avoid them.'"2 Or again: "The sage and the man of perfect virtue, how dare...that I strive to become such without satiety, and teach others without weariness." 2 " In letters I am perhaps equal to other men, but the character... | |
 | 1879 - 708 sivua
...occasion me solicitude." Ibid. Analects. VII. 3. The sage and the man of perfect virtue : — how dare / rank myself with, them? It may simply be said of me,...that I strive to become such without satiety, and teach others without weariness." Ibid. VII. 33. "Abroad, to serve the high ministers and officers;... | |
 | Henry Bickersteth Ottley - 1881 - 256 sivua
...himself, was very near deifying the Emperor of China. " I cite the' patterns left us by the ancients." " The sage and the man of perfect virtue, how dare I rank myself with them ?" Such were his tenets. For details see Dr. Legge's work on The Life and Teaching of Confucius, especially... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - 1882 - 444 sivua
...voice. The Master said, " The sage and the man of perfect virtue;—how dare I rank myself with him 1 It may simply be said of me, that I strive to become such without satiety, and teach others without weariness." Kung-se Hwa said, " This is just what we, the disciples, cannot imitate... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 704 sivua
...[The Seven Ways to Neibban.] IV. : p. 7. — "The following are some of his [Confucius'] sayings: ' The sage, and the man of perfect virtue, — how dare...that I strive to become such, without satiety, and teach others, without weariness.' ' In letters I am perhaps equal to other men ; but the character... | |
 | Hampden C. DuBose - 1886 - 470 sivua
...seaeye." Humility. — Confucius was conscious of his personal defects, and spoke humbly of himself. " The sage and the man of perfect virtue, how dare I rank myself with them ? " " In letters I am perhaps equal to other men, but the character of the superior man, carrying out... | |
 | 1886 - 540 sivua
...Jiim. • Legge'i Confuciiu, p. <r. His own estimate of himself is, probably, the true one. He cays : " It may simply be said of me, that I strive to become the man of perfect virtue without satiety, and to to teach others without weariness. In letters I am,... | |
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The sage and the man of perfect virtue ; — how dare I rank myself with them ? It may simply be said of me, that I strive to become such without satiety, and teach others without weariness. 
