Benevolence Quote by Mencius Download Open image “If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.” — Mencius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Benevolence Empires Government Ifs Kindness Love Love is Opponents States
While princes do rule the empire, they have to work within certain boundaries, and they're also always in a contest with each other to… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
“The Empire of Love, said she, like the Empire of Honour is govern'd by Laws of its own, which have no Dependence upon, or… — Charlotte Lennox Copy Share Image
The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state for him,… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
For a prince should have two fears: one, internal concerning his subjects; the other, external, concerning foreign powers. From the latter he can always… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
“A prince is also esteemed when he shows himself a true friend or a true enemy, that is, when, without reservation, he takes his… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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… — Mencius Copy Share Image
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things. — Mencius Copy Share Image
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others. — Mencius Copy Share Image
People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men's minds are also injured by them. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to… — Mencius Copy Share Image
When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they… — Mencius Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The benevolence of wrapping the partridge in a vine leaf brings out its quality, just as the barrel of Diogenes brought forth the qualities… — Emmanuel des Essarts Copy Share Image
Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The individualism of current economic theory is manifest in the purely self-interested behaviour it generally assumes. It has no real place for fairness, malevolence,… — Herman E. Daly Copy Share Image
Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
When you have lived as long as I have, the div replied, you find that cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence; the other… — Martial Copy Share Image
There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at hand, a truth more… — Roland Allen Copy Share Image
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