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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

Mencius

To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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King Land Music Rule
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

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