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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

Mencius

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
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
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
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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 ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
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
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
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
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
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
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
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

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

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