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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.

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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
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Choice Justice Right Togetherness
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book

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