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“He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.” quote by Mencius — Download Open image

“He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.”

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The fruit of humanity is devotion to one's parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one's elders. The fruit of wisdom is to understand these two and not to betray them. The fruit of propriety is to regulate and polish them. The fruit of music is the joy that comes from rejoicing in them. When one rejoices in them,…

People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.

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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.

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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.

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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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People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.

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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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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.

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Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to…

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When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they…

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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.

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The poor attend to their own virtue in solitude.

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