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Mencius [-371--289] Chinese

Mencius or Mengzi was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself.

Friendship, Great, God, Good, Music, Time

Quote	Tags	Rank
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.	Friendship, God	101
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.	Friendship	102
Sincerity is the way to heaven.		103
The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.		104
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.		105
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.	Good, Time	106
If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.	Music	107
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.	Great	108
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.		109
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.		110
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.		111
The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.	Great	112
I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws. So, I like life, and I also like righteousness. If I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go, and choose righteousness.		113
People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.		114
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.		115
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.		116
Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.		117
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.		118
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.		119
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.	Friendship	120
A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.		121
If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.		122
Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.		123
The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.		124
Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.		125
Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.		126

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