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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.

Mencius

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
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
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
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
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
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
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
He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security

Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.

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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.

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