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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
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
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
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
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
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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 sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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
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

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

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