People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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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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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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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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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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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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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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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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