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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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Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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Artist Desire Men Stupidity
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
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek Way
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
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
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
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity

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