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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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It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
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
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
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
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
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek Way
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality

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