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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

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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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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
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
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 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

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