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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.

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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 regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
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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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
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
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love

Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.

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