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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.

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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
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
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
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
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
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men

He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.

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