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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.

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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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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 tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.

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