Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
MENCIUSBenevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
More Mencius Quotes
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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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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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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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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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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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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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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Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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