| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 495 |
| AUTHOR: | Kuan Chung (d. 645 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | If you plan for a year, plant a seed. If for ten years, plant a tree. If for a hundred years, teach the people. When you sow a seed once, you will reap a single harvest. When you teach the people, you will reap a hundred harvests. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | KUAN CHUNG, Kuan-tzu (Book of Master Kuan).Kuan tzu chi ping, ed. Ling Juheng, vol. 1, p. 12 (1970). Title romanized. |
| SUBJECTS: | Education | | |
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