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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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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
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
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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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Freedom Men Pet
The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Failure Heart Men
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset

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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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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