In abundance prepare for scarcity.
MENCIUSHe who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
More Mencius Quotes
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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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 best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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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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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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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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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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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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