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

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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security

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

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