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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
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
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere

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