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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Kautilya

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Kautilya. Arthashastra. R. Shamasastry, 1909, bk. 6, ch. 2.

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Kautilya. Arthashastra. India Penguin Classics, 2000, bk. 6, ch. 2.

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The great man is the one who does not lose his [originally good] child's heart.

Mencius

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 4.

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Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 4.

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The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 6.

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Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 6.

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When a pair of magpies fly together
They do not envy the pair of phoenixes.

Lady Ho

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Lady Ho. A Song of Magpies. c. 300 BC.

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Lady Ho. "A Song of Magpies." Women Poets of China, edited by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Zhong. New Directions Publishing, 1982.

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The root of the kingdom is the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 4.

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Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 4.

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

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 4.

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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit, because their strength is not adequate to resist.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 2.

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The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 4.

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This is the quintessence of wisdom: not to kill anything. Know this to be the legitimate conclusion from the principle of the reciprocity with regard to non-killing.

Jaina Sutras

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Sudharmasvami, Gandhara. Sutrakranga. 2nd century BC, bk. 1, lecture 1, ch. 4, no. 10.

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Jaina Sutras, part 2, translated by Herman Jacobi. Gyan Publishing House, 2021, Sutrakritanga sutra, lecture 1, lesson 1, ch. 4, no. 10.

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The superior man will not manifest either narrowmindedness or the want of self-respect.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 2.

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Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 6.

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All men have in themselves that which is truly honorable. Only they do not think of it.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 6.

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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 5.

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Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 5.

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