Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
MENCIUSIn abundance prepare for scarcity.
More Mencius Quotes
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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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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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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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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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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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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