Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
MENCIUSMankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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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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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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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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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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Never lose your child’s heart.
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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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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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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.
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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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All things are complete within ourselves.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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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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