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Mencius quotes

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Mencius quote: "If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land."
If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. Mencius
Mencius quote: "He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he..."
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. Mencius
Mencius quote: "Friendship is one mind in two bodies."
Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Mencius
Human-heartedness is man's mind. Righteousness is man's path. How sad that he abandons that path and does not rely on it; that he loses that mind and does not know to seek it. When a man has lost a cock or a dog, he knows to seek it, but having lost his (proper) mind, he does not know to seek it. The Way of Learning is nothing other than seeking the lost mind Mencius
Mencius quote: "Friends are the siblings God never gave us."
Friends are the siblings God never gave us. Mencius
Mencius quote: "It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to..."
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families. Mencius
Mencius quote: "Filling with food, Warming with clothes, Living leisurely..."
Filling with food, Warming with clothes, Living leisurely without learning, It is little short of animals. Mencius
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else. Mencius
Mencius quote: "Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation..."
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. Mencius
Mencius quote: "Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous."
Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous. Mencius
Mencius quote: "The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to..."
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. Mencius
Mencius quote: "The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom"
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom Mencius
Mencius quote: "A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child."
A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child. Mencius
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. Mencius
Mencius quote: "With melted snow I boil fragrant tea."
With melted snow I boil fragrant tea. Mencius

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