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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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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality

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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