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The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.

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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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 loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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Effort People Spiritual
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 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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
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
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Choice Justice Right Togetherness
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

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