I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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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.
More Mencius Quotes
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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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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 great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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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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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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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