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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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All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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 feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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 way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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 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
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love

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

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