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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.

Mencius

Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
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
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 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
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
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
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
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
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 Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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
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
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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 regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
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

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