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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.

Mencius

I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue

A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.

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