13 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 7357 | People who control others with fluent language often end up being hated [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 7358 | All men prefer outward appearance to true excellence [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 7362 | Humans are similar, but social conventions drive us apart (sages and idiots being the exceptions) [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 7360 | Do not do to others what you would not desire yourself [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 7359 | Excess and deficiency are equally at fault [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 7363 | The virtues of the best people are humility, maganimity, sincerity, diligence, and graciousness [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 7361 | Men of the highest calibre avoid political life completely [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 22258 | Passion for progress is always short-lived [Sandel] |
| 23393 | Confucianism assumes that all good developments have happened, and there is only one Way [Norden on Kongzi (Confucius)] |
| 22259 | Conservatives are either individualistic, or communal [Sandel] |
| 22260 | Modern liberalism fails to articulate a vision of the common good [Sandel] |