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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.

Mencius

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
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
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.
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Heaven Sincere
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 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
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
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 people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
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

Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.

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