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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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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual
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
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
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

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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