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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Greatness Men
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule

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