It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
MENCIUSThe 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.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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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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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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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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Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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