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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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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 great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
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
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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner

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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