The gentleman reveres three things. He reveres the mandate of Heaven; he reveres great people; and he reveres the words of sages.
Chinese philosopher, founder of Confucianism
From a teaching on the reverence of a gentleman (Analects 16.8)
c. 551-479 BCE
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