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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute, he simply speaks and does what is right.

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Mencius

Mencius (Chinese: --; Zhuyin/Bopomofo: --e -e; pinyin: Meng Ze; Wade-Giles: Meng Tzu), most accepted dates: 372 - 289 BCE; other possible dates: 385 - 303/302 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher who was arguably the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself

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    偉人沒有事先想到自己的話可能是真誠的,也沒有想到自己的舉止可能是堅決的,他只是說話並做正確的事。

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