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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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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
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 foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Greatness Men
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
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
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek 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
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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself

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