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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.

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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
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
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
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
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
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
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 sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality

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