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Man Quotes by Mencius
- Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path and does not…
- He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
- Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
- When I say that all men have the mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others, my meaning is illustrated this way: when…
- A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
- 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…
- Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
- When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with…
- Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
- The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he…
- Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
- It is true that water will flow indifferently to east and west, but will it flow equally well up and down? Human nature is disposed…
- A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
- 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…
- Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
- The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
- A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.
- Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.
- Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.
- The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart. He does not think beforehand that his words shall be sincere, nor that his…
- Great is the man who has not lost his childlike heart.
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle