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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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The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning Feeling Right Wisdom Wrong
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
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
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 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
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
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
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
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water

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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