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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
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
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
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
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
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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

Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.

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