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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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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
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
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
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
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
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
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
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
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
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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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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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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