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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.

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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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
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 best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
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 sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
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
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

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