A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
MENCIUSVirtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
More Mencius Quotes
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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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 people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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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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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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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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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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