4+ Shang Yang Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Shang Yang quotes and sayings.

If the people are victorious against the government, the nation will be weak; if the government is victorious against the people, the military will have strength. [thus they] will have the means by which they may fight, and thus ascend to supremacy. — Shang Yang

He who prides himself an extraordinary person by his deeds is rejected by the world; he who has independent ideas is hated by the mass. — Shang Yang

... he who has independent ideas is hated by the mass[es]. — Shang Yang

The stupid don't even understand something that happened long ago, the wise understand it before it develops. — Shang Yang