Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
MENCIUSTruth uttered before its time is dangerous.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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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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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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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 wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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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 loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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