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.
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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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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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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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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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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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