Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
MENCIUSThe best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
More Mencius Quotes
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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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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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 loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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