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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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 great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
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
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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
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
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

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

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