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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.

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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity

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