The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
MENCIUSNever has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
More Mencius Quotes
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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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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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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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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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 when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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