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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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The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
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
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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
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

Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.

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