Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
MENCIUSHuman nature is disposed to do good.
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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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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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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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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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