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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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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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 regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion 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
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild

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