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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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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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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 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
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Greatness Men
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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