He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
MENCIUSSecure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
More Mencius Quotes
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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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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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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 great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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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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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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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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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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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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A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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