Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
MENCIUSAll 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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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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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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All things are complete within ourselves.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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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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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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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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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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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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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 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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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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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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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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