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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.

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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
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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
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
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere

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