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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

Mencius

Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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 complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
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
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

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