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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

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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
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
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
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 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
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
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
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
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand

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