Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
MENCIUSThose who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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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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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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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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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 disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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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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