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1、Quotations from MenciusTreat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others.老吾老，以及人之老；幼吾幼，以及人之幼。Weigh,and then you will distinguish the light and the heavy.Measure,and then you will distinguish the long and

2、 the short.Things are all like this,and especially the mind.Opportunities of time given by Heaven are not equal to advantages of situation afforded by the Earth, and advantages of situation afforded by the Earth are not equal to the union arising from the accord of Men.权，然后知轻重；度，然后之长短。物皆然，心为甚。天时不如地利

3、，地利不如人和。He who finds the proper course has many to assist him。He who loses the proper course has few to assist him.If wealth and honor do not dissipate you ,poverty and low status do not make you move from your principles and authority and might do not distort you, then you can be called a great man

4、.得道者多助，失道者寡助。富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大丈夫。Men must be decided on what they will not do,and then they are able to act with vigour in what they ought to do.人有不为也，而后可以有所为。It would be better to not have the Book of History than to completely believe it.尽信书，不如无书。He who loves others is contantly loved by them

5、.He who respects others is contantly respected by them.。爱人者，人恒爱之；敬人者，人恒敬之Thus, when Heaven is about confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty.It confounds his un

6、dertakings.故天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿起体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为。Fish is something I desire; bears paw is also something I desire. If I cannot have both, I will forsake fish and selec t bears paw. Life is something I desire; righteousness is also something I desire. If I cannot have both, I will forsake life and select righteousness.