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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Benevolence is man's mind, and righteousness is man's path.
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If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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The great end of learning is nothing else but to seek for the lost mind.
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All men have the mind which cannot bear [to see the suffering of] others.
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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The path of duty lies in what is near, and man seeks for it in what is remote.
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The great man is the one who does not lose his [originally good] child's heart.
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Moral principles please our minds as beef and mutton and pork please our mouths.
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The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards.
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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Benevolence is the tranquil habitation of man, and righteousness is his straight path.
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The superior man will not manifest either narrowmindedness or the want of self-respect.
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All men have in themselves that which is truly honorable. Only they do not think of it.
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If a scholar have not faith [in his principles], how shall he take a firm hold of things?
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Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.
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There is no attribute of the superior man greater than his helping men to practice virtue.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them.
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Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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From the feelings proper to it, [man's nature] is constituted for the practice of what is good.
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Born:
372 BC
Died:
289 BC
(aged 83)
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