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

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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
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 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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
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 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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
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

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