Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
MENCIUSIs it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
MENCIUSKindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
MENCIUSTry 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.
MENCIUSEvery duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
MENCIUSSecure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
MENCIUSA small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
MENCIUSThe myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
MENCIUSNever lose your child’s heart.
MENCIUSThe disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
MENCIUSAll people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
MENCIUSListen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
MENCIUSIf the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
MENCIUSIt is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
MENCIUSThe way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
MENCIUSThere is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
MENCIUSTo lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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