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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
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

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