The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.
MenciusThe regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
MenciusThe people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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