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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Inspirational Yourself
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
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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
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
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human 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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
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
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
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
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

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