Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
MENCIUSIn abundance prepare for scarcity.
More Mencius Quotes
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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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