Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
MENCIUSKindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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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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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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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Never 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.
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The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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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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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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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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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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