Quotes by Mencius
3 quotes by Mencius (died 289 BC), taken from 2 works. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Works quoted: Book I and Book II.
Book I
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“By measuring we know what things are long, and what short. All things are so dealt with, and the mind requires specially to be so.”
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“the wagon-load of firewood’s not being seen is because the eyesight was not used; and the people’s not being loved and protected is because the kindness is not used.”
Book II
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“All men have a mind which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others.”