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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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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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
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
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
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
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
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
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
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

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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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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