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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

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Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Greatness Men
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
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 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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
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
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Choice Justice Right Togetherness

Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

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