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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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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
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
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
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection

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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