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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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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek Way
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking

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