Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
MENCIUSA small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
More Mencius Quotes
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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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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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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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 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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