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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.

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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
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
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
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 great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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
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
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 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 Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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 goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
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

So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.

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So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.

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