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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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Advice People Talk
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
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
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
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 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

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