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All things are complete within ourselves.

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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
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
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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
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
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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 way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner

All things are complete within ourselves.

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