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

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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
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.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy

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

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