Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

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• Mencius:

  Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

• Mencius:

  Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desi

• Mencius:

  Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

• Mencius:

  Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.

• Mencius:

  Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmut

• Mencius:

  Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

• Mencius:

  It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

• Mencius:

  If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.

• Mencius:

  There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

• Mencius:

  He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self beco