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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.

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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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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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Decision Men Vigor
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
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
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
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World

To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.

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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.

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