Let 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.
MENCIUSThe way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
More Mencius Quotes
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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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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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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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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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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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 tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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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