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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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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
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

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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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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