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.
MENCIUSMen must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
More Mencius Quotes
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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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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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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The 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.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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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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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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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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