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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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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
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
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
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
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
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
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
If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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End Evil Wait Years
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
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 prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love

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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