KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Mencius Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Mencius

Showing 11-20 of 25 Quotes by Mencius

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

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Mencius

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

Links

Find Mencius on Amazon

Related Authors

Aristotle
Albert Camus
Confucius
Friedrich Nietzsche
Plato
Socrates
Lao Tzu
Sun Tzu

Popular Authors

Aesop James A. Baldwin George Washington Carver Anthony J. D'Angelo Vincent Van Gogh James Joyce Vladimir Putin John Steinbeck

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1810 - P. T. Barnum

1586 - Thomas Hooker

1849 - William Thomas Stead

1853 - Cecil Rhodes

1857 - Clara Zetkin

1882 - Hazrat Inayat Khan

1889 - Jean Cocteau

1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen

1899 - Marcel Achard

1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Birthdays on July 5th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Chance Computers Design Politics Sad Sympathy Travel Women