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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.

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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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
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
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity

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