Author: Confucius
Cited by
- Michael and Gross-Loh, Christine Puett (1)
- IN: The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us about the Good Life (2016) Non-Fiction, Philosophy, American
EPIGRAPH: It is not that they Way broadens humans; it is that humans broadens the Way.
FROM: The Analects, (-479), Book, China
- John Burdett (2)
- IN: Bangkok 8 (2003) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: In the whole world there is no one who does not welcome it like reason.
FROM: Confucius, talking about jade, (None), Conversation, China
- Chang Hsin-hai (1)
- IN: The Fabulous Concubine (1956) Fiction, NULL
EPIGRAPH: Advance the upright and set aside the crooked, then the people will be with you. Advance the crooked and set aside the upright, then the people will not be with you.
FROM: The Analects Book II Chapter XIX, (-479), Book, China
- Robert Yeo (1)
- IN: Routes: A Singaporean Memoir 1940-75 (2011) Biography, Singaporean
EPIGRAPH: Master Tseng said, I once heard the Master say, "Though a man may never before have shown all that is in him, he is certain to do when mouring for a father or mother."
FROM: The Analects Book XIX, 17, (-479), Book, China
- Sussy Chakó (1)
- IN: Chinese Walls (1994) Fiction, NULL
EPIGRAPH: The Master said, "Men are close to one another by nature. They diverge as a result of repeated practice.
FROM: The Analects, (-479), NULL, China
- Artist Arthur (1)
- IN: Mesmerize (2012) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: And remember, no matter where you go, there you go.
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- Cecelia Ahern (1)
- IN: The Year I Met You (2014) Fiction, Irish
EPIGRAPH: Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- Steve Berry (2)
- IN: The Charlemagne Pursuit (2008) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Study the past, if you would divine the future
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- IN: The Emperor's Tomb (2010) Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Study the past if you would define the future.
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- Laura Lippman (1)
- IN: The Last Place (2002) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Ripe plums are falling, Now there are only seven, May a fine lover come for me, Now while there’s still time. Ripe plums are falling, Now there are only three, May a fine lover come for me, While there’s still time. Ripe plums are falling, I lay them in a shuttle basket, May a fine lover come for me. Tell me his name.
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- Lincoln Child And Douglas Preston (1)
- IN: Two Graves (2012) Fiction, Thriller, American
EPIGRAPH: Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- Tom Clancy (1)
- IN: Red Rabbit (2002) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Without recognizing the ordinances of Heaven, it is impossible to be a superior man.
FROM: The Analects, (-479), Book, China
- Michael Crichton (1)
- IN: Drug of Choice (1970) Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, American
EPIGRAPH: Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.
FROM: Saying of Confucius, (None), Saying, China
- Neal Stephenson (1)
- IN: The Diamond Age (1995) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
FROM: The Analects, (-479), Book, China
- Hall Page, Katherine (1)
- IN: The Body in the Casket (2017) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- Thomas Mogford (1)
- IN: Sleeping Dogs (2015) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
FROM: NULL, (None), [NA], China
- Siew Mei Lau (1)
- IN: The Last Immigrant (2018) Fiction, Singaporean
EPIGRAPH: The public servant must be broad-shouldered and stout-hearted. His burden is heavy and his way is long. For humaneness is the burden he has taken on himself; is it not true that it is a heavy one to bear?
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- Chloé Esposito (1)
- IN: Mad (2017) Fiction, NULL
EPIGRAPH: You have two lives. The second one begins when you realize you only have one.
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
- Traci Harding (1)
- IN: Dreaming of Zhou Gong (2013) Fiction, NULL
EPIGRAPH: I must be slipping.
It has been so long since I dreamt of the Duke of Zhou.
FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China