In abundance prepare for scarcity.
MENCIUSPeople are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
More Mencius Quotes
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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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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Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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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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