If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
MENCIUSIf the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
MENCIUSFriendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
MENCIUSEvery duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
MENCIUSThere is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
MENCIUSTo 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.
MENCIUSNever 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.
MENCIUSThe Tao is near and people seek it far away.
MENCIUSThe great person never loses a childlike spirit.
MENCIUSLet 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.
MENCIUSA small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
MENCIUSListen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
MENCIUSNever lose your child’s heart.
MENCIUSAll people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
MENCIUSBenevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
MENCIUSHe who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
MENCIUSPeople are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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