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Mencius Philosopher

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: China
  • Born: 371 BCE
  • Died: 289 BCE

Mencius was a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

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

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