Mencius - Book 7, Part 1, Chapter 7

Mencius said, 'The sense of shame is to a man of great importance.

'Those who form contrivances and versatile schemes distinguished for their artfulness, do not allow their sense of shame to come into action.

'When one differs from other men in not having this sense of shame, what will he have in common with them?'

~ James Legge translation via nothingistic.org ~

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