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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.

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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 the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men
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 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
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 foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
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
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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Ability Character Men
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
Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Food Hunger Injury Men Mindset

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