A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
MENCIUSSincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
More Mencius Quotes
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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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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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 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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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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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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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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