Mencius of the day
[Written by jose|general|04.10.07]There´s people renowned as great creators only because no one has ever refuted their weak arguments.
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There´s people renowned as great creators only because no one has ever refuted their weak arguments.
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The forces of Nature show themselves by making a feeble stream flow no less than by displaying huge forces able to change all beings; that precisely is the greatness of Heaven and Earth.
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The Master said: I have no secret science. When an ignorant man asks me about something, no matter how shallow the question is I try to inform him the best I can, exhausting the topic in all its aspects.
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He who is wise does not worry about external events, does not mind what others think of him, never loses calm and peace; if an external event kept him worried for more than a morning, he would not be a true wise man.
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In the book titled Spring and Autumn there´s no account of a legal and fair war. Even though some wars have a certain appearance of legality and justice, those too must be considered unfair.
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It is better not to know the books of History than to unconditionally accept what they say.
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It is not convenient to proclaim that the reason for every human action is the profit and benefits that can be obtained from it.
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You search for the straight path far away and it is beside you. You believe that Goodness consists in making difficult things, when it is nothing more than making easy things with rectitude.
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Meng-chi-che had great physical strength and admirable courage, but that cannot be compared to the sublime strength of truth, which Tseng-tse possessed.
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In the past, those who devoted themselves to study searched for their own perfecting; nowadays those who devote themselves to study do so to affect upon the others.
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He who talks too much and without common sense rarely puts in practice what he says.
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If you ask for the return of money you lent, you will see that your kindness made an enemy of your friend.
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He who made money quickly, if he doesn´t save it quickly, will quickly lose it.
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