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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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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
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
The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Inspirational Men Simplicity Thinking
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
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
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
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men

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