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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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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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
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
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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
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
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character 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
The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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