Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
MENCIUSThe regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
More Mencius Quotes
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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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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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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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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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