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

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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
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 myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
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

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