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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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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate 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
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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
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
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 great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
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 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
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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right

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

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