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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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Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
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
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
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
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Inspirational Yourself

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