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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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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
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
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
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
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
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
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom

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

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