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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.

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I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy

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