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Human nature is disposed to do good.

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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Inspirational Yourself
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
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 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
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance

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