Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
MENCIUSThe great person never loses a childlike spirit.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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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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All 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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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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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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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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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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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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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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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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