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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.

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Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
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
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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 sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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

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