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.
MENCIUSWhere it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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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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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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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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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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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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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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