A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
MENCIUSTo 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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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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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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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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