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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.

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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
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship 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
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere

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