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

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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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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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Difficult Hands Lying Warrior
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
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
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Freedom Hands Mindset One Liner Security
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
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
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.
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Force Heart Men Power Resistance
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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Inspirational Yourself
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature 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
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
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

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

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