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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
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
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
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
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
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
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
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
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
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots

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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