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Mencius Quotes about Evil

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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.

Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.

Mencius
Evil, Negative, Goodness

The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.

Mencius
Men, Evil, Way
Mencius, James Legge (1875). “The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes”, p.327

If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it--why wait till next year?

Mencius
Years, Evil, Waiting
Mencius (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.154

Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.

Mencius
Reality, Men, Evil

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