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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.

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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories

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