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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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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
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
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
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
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame

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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