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Men Quotes by Mencius
- Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
- Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
- Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
- 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…
- If you love men and they are unfriendly, look into your love; if you rule men and they are unruly, look into your wisdom; if…
- 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…
- There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds and…
- Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
- When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
- 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.
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes