Life, Chinese Proverb

人过半生，方知天命。[rénguòbànshēng fāngzhītiānmìng]

- 中國俗談

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

- Chinese Proverb

Life, Chinese Proverb

A man may know the world without leaving his own home.

- Chinese Proverb

Life, Confucius (孔子)

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Life, Confucius (孔子)

性相近也 習相遠也。

- 孔子

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Life, Confucius (孔子)

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Virtue, Confucius (孔子)

仁遠乎哉 我欲仁斯仁至矣。

- 孔子 (551 BC–479 BC)

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

- Confucius (孔子, 551 BC–479 BC)

Knowledge·Wisdom, Zhuangzi

吾生也有涯，而知也无涯。

- 莊子 養生主

There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), Nourishing the Lord of Life (養生主)

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Life, Zhuangzi

人生天地之間，若白駒之過郤。

- 莊子 知北遊

Life between heaven and earth is like a white colt's passing a crevice.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), Knowledge Rambling in the North (知北遊)

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Life, Confucius

未能事人 焉能事鬼 未知生, 焉知死。

- 孔子

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits? While you do not know life, how can you know about death?

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

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References

¶ Memento mori (Latin)
Remember your mortality.

Life, Confucius

見賢思齊焉，見不賢而內自省也。

When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

- Confucius (孔子)