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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
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

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