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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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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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Greatness Men
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality

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