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If you rely on political factions to promote men to office, the people will work to develop instrumental relationships and will not seek to be useful with regard to the law. Thus, a ruler who mistakes reputation for ability when assigning offices will see his state fall into disorder.
- Han Fei
#Law
#Men
#Political
#Reputation
#Work
The severe household has no fierce slaves, while it is the affectionate mother who has the prodigal son.
- Han Fei
#Fierce
#Mother
#Prodigal
#Son
#Who
The severe household has no fierce slaves, but it is the affectionate mother.
- Han Fei
#Fierce
#Household
#Mother
#Severe
He who is vain and delights in his own ability is deceived by his inferiors. When he likes to bring forth arguments and kindliness, his inferiors take advantage of his abilities.
- Han Fei
#Ability
#Bring
#Deceived
#Own
#Who
A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
- Han Fei
#Father
#His
#Ruler
#Son
#Subject
The Way is the beginning of the ten thousand things and the guiding thread of truth and falsity.
- Han Fei
#Beginning
#Things
#Thread
#Truth
#Way
If a ruler can get rid of private crookedness and promote the public law, his people will become secure, and his state will become well ordered.
- Han Fei
#Law
#People
#State
#Well
#Will
A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world.
- Han Fei
#Conflict
#Find
#Laws
#Wise
#World
Superior and inferior wage one hundred battles a day.
- Han Fei
#Battles
#Day
#Inferior
#Superior
#Wage
The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.
- Han Fei
#Intelligent
#Judgment
#Law
#Measure
#Men
The ruler who possesses methods of government does not follow the good that happens by chance but practices according to necessary principles. Law, methods, and power must be employed for government: these constitute its 'necessary principles.'
- Han Fei
#Chance
#Good
#Government
#Law
#Power
The object of rewards is to encourage; that of punishments, to prevent. If rewards are high, then what the ruler wants will be quickly effected; if punishments are heavy, what he does not want will be swiftly prevented.
- Han Fei
#Heavy
#High
#Rewards
#Want
#Will
A ruler of men faces two possible misfortunes: if he employs the worthy, the ministers will use worthiness as a pretext to rob their ruler of his power, but if he promotes men recklessly, his affairs will be neglected, and he will not prevail.
- Han Fei
#Men
#Possible
#Power
#Two
#Will
I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
- Han Fei
#Anything
#Believe
#I Believe
#Impossible
A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
- Han Fei
#He
#Law
#Majority
#Minority
#Virtue
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