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Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

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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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Enemy Government Love
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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 ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
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 man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
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
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

Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.

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