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

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Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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
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
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
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
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
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 feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories

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