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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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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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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Difficult Evil Men Seek
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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
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 person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality

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